Piveteausaurus
Field photograph to come
Piveteausaurus
DV-0238 · type species Piveteausaurus divesensis
- Lived
- 165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Megalosauridae
- Found in
- France
- Named by
- Taquet and Welles 1977
Field notes
About Piveteausaurus
Piveteausaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Megalosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Piveteausaurus, from France. Its fossils come from the Marnes de Dives Formation. It was named by Taquet and Welles in 1977.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Megalosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Taquet and S. P. Welles. 1977. Redescription du crâne de dinosaure théropode de Dives (Normandie) [Redescription of a theropod dinosaur skull from Dives (Normandy)]. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 63(2):191-206