Piatnitzkysaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Piatnitzkysaurus |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Skeleton cast | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Genus: |
Piatnitzkysaurus
|
| Species: |
floresi
|
Piatnitzkysaurus (meaning "Piatnitzky's lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It lived about 166 to 164 million years ago in the middle Jurassic Period. Its remains were found in Argentina. The animal was a fairly large, lightly built, bipedal, land-based carnivore. It grew up to 6.6 m (21.7 ft) long.
Classification
| Megalosauroidea |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg){kind=small}
.png){kind=small}
Images for kids
-
Life restoration and size comparison
-
Restoration
-
Skeletal diagram
See also
In Spanish: Piatnitzkysaurus floresi para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Piatnitzkysaurus Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.