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Piatnitzkysaurus
Taxonomy
Piatnitzkysaurus was named by Bonaparte (1979). Its type is Piatnitzkysaurus floresi.
It was assigned to Allosauridae by Molnar et al. (1981), Bonaparte (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Molnar et al. (1990); to Abelisauridae by Currie and Zhao (1994); to Avipoda by Novas (1992), Pérez-Moreno et al. (1994); to Allosauroidea by Molnar et al. (1996); to Megalosauridae by Bonaparte (1979), Bonaparte (1980), Bonaparte (1981), Gao (1999); to Eustreptospondylinae by Paul (1988), Holtz et al. (2004); to Tetanurae by Holtz (1995), Holtz (1996), Novas (1997), Sereno (1997), Holtz (2000), Foster and Chure (2000), Rauhut (2003), Yates (2005), Rauhut (2007); to Megalosauroidea by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Piatnitzkysauridae by Carrano et al. (2012), Hanson and Makovicky (2013), Rauhut et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Allosauridae by Molnar et al. (1981), Bonaparte (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Molnar et al. (1990); to Abelisauridae by Currie and Zhao (1994); to Avipoda by Novas (1992), Pérez-Moreno et al. (1994); to Allosauroidea by Molnar et al. (1996); to Megalosauridae by Bonaparte (1979), Bonaparte (1980), Bonaparte (1981), Gao (1999); to Eustreptospondylinae by Paul (1988), Holtz et al. (2004); to Tetanurae by Holtz (1995), Holtz (1996), Novas (1997), Sereno (1997), Holtz (2000), Foster and Chure (2000), Rauhut (2003), Yates (2005), Rauhut (2007); to Megalosauroidea by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Piatnitzkysauridae by Carrano et al. (2012), Hanson and Makovicky (2013), Rauhut et al. (2016).
Species
P. floresi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte |
| 1980 | Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte p. 81 |
| 1981 | Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte p. 669 |
| 1981 | Piatnitzkysaurus Molnar et al. p. 144 |
| 1984 | Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte p. 135 |
| 1986 | Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte |
| 1988 | Piatnitzkysaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Piatnitzkysaurus Paul p. 288 |
| 1989 | Piatnitzkysaurus Kurzanov p. 4 |
| 1990 | Piatnitzkysaurus Molnar et al. p. 189 |
| 1992 | Piatnitzkysaurus Novas p. 144 |
| 1994 | Piatnitzkysaurus Currie and Zhao |
| 1994 | Piatnitzkysaurus Pérez-Moreno et al. p. 184 fig. 1 |
| 1995 | Piatnitzkysaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
| 1996 | Piatnitzkysaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 42A |
| 1996 | Piatnitzkysaurus Molnar et al. p. 671 |
| 1997 | Piatnitzkysaurus Novas p. 681 |
| 1997 | Piatnitzkysaurus Sereno p. 456 |
| 1999 | Piatnitzkysaurus Gao |
| 2000 | Piatnitzkysaurus Foster and Chure p. 8 |
| 2000 | Piatnitzkysaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 13 fig. 5 |
| 2003 | Piatnitzkysaurus Rauhut p. 143 |
| 2004 | Piatnitzkysaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72 |
| 2005 | Piatnitzkysaurus Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2007 | Piatnitzkysaurus Rauhut p. 479 |
| 2012 | Piatnitzkysaurus Carrano et al. p. 251 |
| 2013 | Piatnitzkysaurus Hanson and Makovicky p. 780 |
| 2014 | Piatnitzkysaurus Hendrickx and Mateus p. 20 |
| 2016 | Piatnitzkysaurus Rauhut et al. p. 38 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Middle Toarcian or 182.90000 to 180.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Toarcian | Argentina (Chubut) | P. floresi (28534) |