Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Neotheropoda
Tetanurae
Megalosauroidea
Piatnitzkysauridae
Pronunciation: PEE-aht-NYIT-skee-SOR-uh-day
Authors: Carrano, Benson and Sampson
Year: 2012
Meaning: Piatnitzky lizard family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: None known
Authors: Carrano, Benson and Sampson
Year: 2012
Meaning: Piatnitzky lizard family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Carrano et al. 2012]Definition
All megalosauroids more closely related to Piatnitzkysaurus than to either Spinosaurus or Megalosaurus.
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Etymology
Piatnitzkysauridae is derived from "Piatnitzky" (for Alejandro Mateievich Piatnitzky [1879-1959], a Russian-born Argentine geologist who discovered the Jurassic Cerro Condor fossil locality), and the Greek "sauros" (lizard) and "inae" (denoting a sub-family, in this case a sub-family of the family Megalosauridae), named for group anchor Piatnitzkysaurus.
Relationships
References
• Bonaparte JF (1979) "Dinosaurs: A Jurassic assemblage from Patagonia". Science. 205, 1377-1379.
• Carrano MT, Benson RBJ and Sampson SD (2012) "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10(2): 211-300.
• Lacerda MBS, Bittencourt JS and Hutchinson JR (2023) "Reconstruction of the pelvic girdle and hindlimb musculature of the early tetanurans Piatnitzkysauridae (Theropoda, Megalosauroidea)". Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication).
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13983.
