Piatnitzkysaurus
| Piatnitzkysaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
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| Genus: | Piatnitzkysaurus
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| Species: | P. floresi
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| Piatnitzkysaurus floresi Bonaparte, 1979
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Piatnitzkysaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It is known from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian stage) of what is now Argentina. Different studies hold it to be either a megalosaurid or a basal carnosaur. Partial skeletons are known (two fractured skulls and parts of the postcranial skeleton) and show Piatnitzkysaurus was a lightly built medium-sized bipedal carnivore with robust arms around 4.3 meters long and around 275 kg in weight.[1]
The type specimen, Piatnitzkysaurus floresi, was described by Jose Bonaparte in 1979.
References
- ^ Paul, Gregory S. (1988). Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 288. ISBN 0-671-61946-2.
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