Piatnitzkysaurus
Piatnitzkysaurus (meaning "Piatnitzky's lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It lived about 166 to 164 million years ago in the middle Jurassic Period. Its remains were found in Argentina. The animal was a fairly large, lightly built, bipedal, land-based carnivore. It grew up to 6.6 m (21.7 ft) long.
Piatnitzkysaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic ~ | |
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Skeleton cast | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Piatnitzkysauridae |
Genus: | †Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte 1979 |
Species: | †P. floresi |
Binomial name | |
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi Bonaparte 1979 | |
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