Piveteausaurus divesensis Walker 1964 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae

Alternative combinations: Eustreptospondylus divesensis, Proceratosaurus divesensis

Full reference: A. D. Walker. 1964. Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248:53-134

Belongs to Piveteausaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Allain 2001, Buffetaut et al. 1991, Colbert and Russell 1969, Currie and Padian 1997, Holtz et al. 2004, Knoll et al. 1999, Molnar 1991, Molnar et al. 1990, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Rauhut et al. 2016, Rauhut et al. 2010, Rioult 1978, Steel 1970, Taquet and Welles 1977 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN 1920-7, a partial skull (braincase). Its type locality is Vaches Noires, near Dives, which is in a Callovian marine marl in the Marnes de Dives Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires, near Dives

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.