Genus
Valid Extinct

Kayentavenator

Gay 2010

Kayentavenator is a genus of small carnivorous tetanuran dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic Period. Fossils were recovered from the Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona, and were described in 2010.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
🦴
PBDB ↗ Wikipedia ↗
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
›
Theropoda Unranked clade
›
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
›
Averostra Unranked clade
›
Tetanurae Unranked clade
›
Kayentavenator Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Kayenta
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Kayentavenator elysiae 200 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. Gay. 2010. Kayentavenator elysiae, a new tetanuran from the Early Jurassic of Arizona. Notes on Early Mesozoic Theropods
Bibliography (1)
R. Gay. 2010. Kayentavenator elysiae, a new tetanuran from the Early Jurassic of Arizona. Notes on Early Mesozoic Theropods