Kileskus

Kileskus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 165 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Diagram showing known fossil remains
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Family:	†Proceratosauridae
Genus:	†Kileskus Averianov et al., 2010
Species:	†K. aristotocus
Binomial name
*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]

1 2 Averianov, A. O.; Krasnolutskii, S. A.; 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.
1 2 Loewen, M.A.; Irmis, R.B.; Sertich, J.J.W.; Currie, P. J.; Sampson, S. D. (2013). Evans, David C, ed. "Tyrant Dinosaur Evolution Tracks the Rise and Fall of Late Cretaceous Oceans". PLoS ONE. 8 (11): e79420. PMC 3819173 . PMID 24223179. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079420.