Outline: a typical theropod
Kileskus
- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Proceratosauridae
- Found in
- Russia
- Named by
- Averianov et al. 2010
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
165 million years ago
Field notes
About Kileskus
What it was like
Kileskus was an early relative of the tyrannosaurs, a small two-legged predator. It is known from pieces of the skull and jaws and a few bones from the hands and feet. Its closest relatives include Guanlong and Proceratosaurus, which had crests on their snouts.
Its world
It lived about 168 to 165 million years ago, in the Middle Jurassic, in what is now Russia. Its bones come from the Itat Formation.
How it was found
Averianov and colleagues named it in 2010. Its name means "lizard" in a local language of the region.
Close relatives
Other members of Proceratosauridae
Sources: 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