Kileskus
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| Kileskus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 165Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Tyrannosauroidea |
| Family: | †Proceratosauridae |
| Genus: | †Kileskus Averianov et al., 2010 |
| Species: | † K. aristotocus |
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| Kileskus aristotocus Averianov et al., 2010 | |
Estimated size, compared to a human.
Kileskus (meaning lizard in the Khakas language) is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur known from partial remains found in Middle Jurassic (Bathonian stage) rocks of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Fossils recovered include the holotype maxilla, a premaxilla, a surangular, and a few bones from the hand and foot. The skull bones are similar to those of Proceratosaurus. The type species is K. aristotocus. Kileskus was named in 2010 by Averianov and colleagues.[1]
Classification
Kileskus has been included in a few phylogenetic analysis and found it to be a basal proceratosaurid both times.[1][2]
Below is a cladogram published in 2013 by Loewen et al..[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Averianov, A. O.; Krasnolutskii, S. A.; and Ivantsov, S. V. (2010). "A new basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute 314 (1): 42–57.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Loewen, M. A.; Irmis, R. B.; Sertich, J. J. W.; Currie, P. J.; Sampson, S. D. (2013). "Tyrant Dinosaur Evolution Tracks the Rise and Fall of Late Cretaceous Oceans". In Evans, David C. PLoS ONE 8 (11): e79420. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079420.
See also
- 2010 in paleontology
- List of dinosaurs
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