Report co-author Christophe Hendrickx said: “This is not the largest predatory dinosaur we know.

“Tyrannosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Giganotosaurus from the Cretaceous were bigger animals.

“With a skull of 115 cm, Torvosaurus gurneyi was however one of the largest terrestrial carnivores at this epoch, and an active predator that hunted other large dinosaurs, as evidenced by blade shape teeth up to 10 cm.”

The fossilised bones were found north of capital Lisbon and it was originally believed the remains belonged to a species from North America the Torvosaurus tanneri.