Piveteausaurus

Taxobox
name = "Piveteausaurus"

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image_width = 250px
fossil_range = Mid Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
genus = "Piveteausaurus"
species = "P. divesensis"
binomial = "Piveteausaurus divesensis"
binomial_authority = Taquet & Welles, 1977

"Piveteausaurus" is a genus of megalosaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Europe known largely from a fossilized braincase. The fossil is similar to "Allosaurus", but the braincase is larger, and the eye 'crests' are not as pronounced. It is estimated to be eleven metres (36 ft) long and weighed almost two tonnes. The type species is "Piveteausaurus divesensis", reclassified by Taquet and Welles in 1977. It was originally described as "Eustreptospondylus divesensis" by Walker in 1964.

References

* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/tetanurae.htm