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Piveteausaurus divesensis

Reptilia - Megalosauridae

Taxonomy
Eustreptospondylus divesensis was named by Walker (1964). Its type specimen is MNHN 1920-7, a partial skull (braincase), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vaches Noires, near Dives, which is in a Callovian marine marl in the Marnes de Dives Formation of France. It is the type species of Piveteausaurus.

It was recombined as Proceratosaurus divesensis by Paul (1988); it was recombined as Piveteausaurus divesensis by Taquet and Welles (1977), Molnar et al. (1990), Buffetaut et al. (1991), Molnar (1991), Currie and Padian (1997), Knoll et al. (1999), Allain (2001), Holtz et al. (2004), Rauhut et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012), Paulina Carabajal and Currie (2012) and Rauhut et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Eustreptospondylus divesensis Walker p. 124
1969Eustreptospondylus divesensis Colbert and Russell p. 37
1970Eustreptospondylus divesensis Steel p. 32
1977Piveteausaurus divesensis Taquet and Welles p. 192
1978Eustreptospondylus divesensis Rioult p. 28
1988Proceratosaurus divesensis Paul p. 304
1990Piveteausaurus divesensis Molnar et al. p. 192
1991Piveteausaurus divesensis Buffetaut et al. p. 24
1991Piveteausaurus divesensis Molnar p. 167
1997Piveteausaurus divesensis Currie and Padian p. 368
1999Piveteausaurus divesensis Knoll et al. p. 104
2001Piveteausaurus divesensis Allain
2004Piveteausaurus divesensis Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2010Piveteausaurus divesensis Rauhut et al. p. 156
2012Piveteausaurus divesensis Carrano et al. p. 239
2012Piveteausaurus divesensis Paulina Carabajal and Currie p. 88
2016Piveteausaurus divesensis Rauhut et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyMegalosauridae()
subfamilyEustreptospondylinae
genusPiveteausaurus
speciesdivesensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Taquet and S. P. Welles 1977Théropode de grandes dimensions avec une table pariétale large et longue; processus paroccipitaux au-dessus du condyle, processus tubéreux larges et modérément longs; foramen magnum trés petit; sphénethmoïde massif; parasphénoïde profond, épais et bas; processus basiptérygoïdiens courts et proches l'un de l'autre.
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012The limited materials of Piveteausaurus are insufficient to determine autapomorphies for this taxon given that the braincase of Leshansaurus is so strikingly similar. However, based on its provenance and morphology the only reasonable candidate for synonymy is Eustreptospondylus, from which it has been specifically distinguished (Walker 1964; see below).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Basse-Normandie) Streptospondylus cuvieri (type locality: 51708)