Piatnitzkysaurus

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Piatnitzkysaurus
Fossil range: Middle Jurassic

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Family: Megalosauridae
Subfamily: Eustreptospondylinae
Genus: Piatnitzkysaurus
Species: P. floresi
Binomial name
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
Bonaparte, 1979

Piatnitzkysaurus is the name given to a genus of megalosaurid dinosaur. Piatnitzkysaurus lived in the Middle Jurassic, in South America. It may or may not be related to Becklespinax. Partial skeletons have been found.

Piatnitzkysaurus skull.
Piatnitzkysaurus skull.

The type specimen, Piatnitzkysaurus floresi, was described by Jose Bonaparte in 1979.

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