Kingdom Animalia Clade Dinosauria Family †Proceratosauridae Phylum Chordata Order Saurischia | Class Reptilia Suborder Theropoda Species †K. aristotocus Rank Genus | |
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Similar Proceratosauridae, Sinotyrannus, Proceratosaurus, Juratyrant, Aviatyrannis | ||
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.
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kileskus aristotocus
Classification
Kileskus has been included in a few phylogenetic analysis and found it to be a basal proceratosaurid both times.
Below is a cladogram published in 2013 by Loewen et al..
References
Kileskus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA