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sharp-clawed runner
Piveteausaurus
Say it like this: “peev-toh-SAWR-us”
Piveteausaurus divesensis
Piveteausaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1977 · Taquet, P.; Welles, S. P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 11 m · 36 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- France · Marnes de Dives
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Afrovenatorinae
The story in short
In 1977, P. Taquet and S. P. Welles published the name Piveteausaurus. The name means “jean Piveteau.”
Fossils referred to Piveteausaurus date to the Middle Jurassic (Callovian), roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Marnes de Dives Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Piveteausaurus at a length near 11 m.
On the family tree it sits in Afrovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Afrovenator
Afrovenator abakensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago
Dubreuillosaurus
Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Leshansaurus
Leshansaurus qianweiensis
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago