Kayentavenator

Field photograph to come

DV-0742Kayenta Fm., Arizona

Kayentavenator

DV-0742 · type species Kayentavenator elysiae

Lived
200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
United States
Named by
Gay 2010

Field notes

About Kayentavenator

Kayentavenator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Kayentavenator, from Arizona. Its fossils come from the Kayenta Formation. It was named by Gay in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Tetanurae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Gay. 2010. Kayentavenator elysiae, a new tetanuran from the Early Jurassic of Arizona. Notes on Early Mesozoic Theropods