Piveteausaurus
| Piveteausaurus | |
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| Holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Megalosauridae |
| Genus: | †Piveteausaurus Taquet & Welles, 1977 |
| Species: | †P. divesensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Piveteausaurus divesensis (Walker, 1964 [originally Eustreptospondylus])
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| Synonyms | |
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Piveteausaurus (meaning "Jean Piveteau's lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur known from a partial skull discovered in the Middle Jurassic (164.7 to 161.2 million years ago) Marnes de Dives of Calvados, northern France. In 2012, Thomas Holtz gave a possible length of 11 metres (36 ft).