Piveteausaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Normandy (France).
Quick facts about Piveteausaurus:
- Existed from 164.7 million years ago to Oxfordian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Piveteausaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. Piveteau. 1923. L'arrière-crâne d'un dinosaurien carnivore de l'Oxfordien de Dives [The braincase of a carnivorous dinosaur from the Oxfordian of Dives]. Annales de Paléontologie 12:115-123
- E. Buffetaut and J. Enos. 1992. Un nouveau fragment crânien de dinosaure théropode du Jurassique des Vaches Noires (Normandie, France): remarques sur la diversité des théropodes jurassiques européens [A new theropod dinosaur skull fragment from the Jurassic of the Vaches Noires (Normandy, France): remarks on the diversity of the Jurassic theropods of Europe]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Série II 314:217-222
- F. Knoll and E. Buffetaut. 1999. A theropod braincase from the Jurassic of the Vaches Noires cliffs (Normandy, France): osteology and palaeoneurology. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 1999(1):103-109
