皮韦托龍的模式標本(編號MNHN 1920-7)是一個部分腦殼,是在1920年由業餘地質學家發現於法國北部諾曼第卡爾瓦多斯省的迪夫泥灰岩(Marnes de Dives)地層,地質年代為侏儸紀中期的牛津階。之後化石交給巴黎自然史博物館的教授马塞兰·布勒(Marcellin Boule)[1]。近年的研究顯示,該地層的地質年代為上卡洛維階,約1億6100萬年前[2]。
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