Kileskus
Field photograph to come
Kileskus
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- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Proceratosauridae
- Found in
- Russia
- Named by
- Averianov et al. 2010
Field notes
About Kileskus
Kileskus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago. It belongs to the family Proceratosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Kileskus, from Russia. Its fossils come from the Itat Formation. It was named by Averianov et al. in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Proceratosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. O. Averianov, S. A. Krasnolutskii, and S. V. Ivantsov. 2010. A new basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Science 314(1):42-57