Piatnitzkysaurus

Piatnitzkysaurus Temporal range: Middle Toarcian ~179.17–178.07 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Synonyms
Condorraptor currumili? Rauhut, 2005

Piatnitzkysaurus (/ˌpiːətnɪtskiːˈsɔːrəs/ pee-ət-NITS-kee-SOR-əs; meaning "Piatnitzky's lizard") is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 179 to 177 million years ago during the lower part of the Jurassic Period in what is now Argentina. Piatnitzkysaurus was a moderately large, lightly built, bipedal, ground-dwelling carnivore that could grow up to 6.6 m (21.7 ft) long.