Piatnitzkysaurus
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Piatnitzkysaurus
DV-0256 · type species Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
- Lived
- 183 to 180 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 4.2 m (14 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Piatnitzkysauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Bonaparte 1979
Field notes
About Piatnitzkysaurus
Piatnitzkysaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 183 to 180 million years ago. It belongs to the family Piatnitzkysauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Piatnitzkysaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1979.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
180 million years ago
To scale
How big was Piatnitzkysaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Piatnitzkysauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte. 1979. Dinosaurs: a Jurassic assemblage from Patagonia. Science 205:1377-1378