Piatnitzkysaurus
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
Pronounced: pee-At-nit-skee-Sore-us
Diet: Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name Means: "Piatnitzky Lizard"
Length: 20 feet (6 m)
Height: 8 feet (2.5 m)
Weight: 660 pounds (300 kilos)
Time: Mid Jurassic - 160 million years ago
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Argentina, South America
This medium-sized
meat-eater was a South
American cousin of
Allosaurus It
was found in the same
area as
Patagosaurus
and probably fed upon
those large plant-eaters
when they were still
young (and small).
Piatnitzkysaurus seems to have been a more primitive allosaurid in a number of its features. It is considered by some to be a "root" dinosaur at the base of the carnosaur family tree. This family tree, however, is not yet universally accepted. |
