Piatnitzkysauridae

Piatnitzkysaurids
Temporal range: Early - Late Jurassic, 179–152 Ma
Piatnitzkysaurus, type genus of the Piatnitzkysauridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Carnosauria (?)
Family: Piatnitzkysauridae
Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012
Type species
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
Bonaparte, 1979
Genera

Piatnitzkysauridae is an extinct family of megalosauroid or basal allosauroid dinosaurs. It only consists of three to four known dinosaur genera: Condorraptor, Marshosaurus, Piatnitzkysaurus and possibly Xuanhanosaurus. The most complete and well known member of this family is Piatnitzkysaurus, which also gives the family its name.[1]

  1. ^ Carrano, M. T.; Benson, R. B. J.; Sampson, S. D. (2012). "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (2): 211–300. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927. S2CID 85354215.