Piatnitzkysauridae
Extinct family of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Piatnitzkysaurids | |
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Piatnitzkysaurus, type genus of the Piatnitzkysauridae | |
Scientific 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 | |
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