Piatnitzkysaurus

Taxobox
name = "Piatnitzkysaurus"
fossil_range = Middle Jurassic

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image width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Megalosauridae
subfamilia = Eustreptospondylinae
genus = "Piatnitzkysaurus"
species = "P. floresi"
binomial = "Piatnitzkysaurus floresi"
binomial_authority = 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. The type specimen, "Piatnitzkysaurus floresi", was described by Jose Bonaparte in 1979.

References

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/tetanurae.htm]
* [http://kids.yahoo.com/dinosaurs/68--piatnitzkysaurus]