Piveteausaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Megalosauridae |
Genus: | †Piveteausaurus Taquet & Welles, 1977 |
Species: | †P. divesensis
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Binomial name | |
†Piveteausaurus divesensis (Walker, 1964 [originally Eustreptospondylus])
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Piveteausaurus (meaning "Jean Piveteau's lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur known from a partial skull discovered in the Middle Jurassic Marnes de Dives formation of Calvados, in northern France and lived about 164.7-161.2 million years ago. In 2012 Thomas Holtz gave a possible length of 11 meters (36 feet).[1]