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sharp-clawed runner
Kileskus
Say it like this: “kill-ESS-kuss”
Kileskus aristotocus
Kileskus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Russia.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Averianov, A. O.; Krasnolutskii, S. A.; Ivantsov, S. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Russia · Itat
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Proceratosauridae
The story in short
The genus Kileskus dates to 2010, the year A. O. Averianov and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian), roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from Russia, including the Itat Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Kileskus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Proceratosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Guanlong
Guanlong wucaii
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
Proceratosaurus
Proceratosaurus bradleyi
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Sinotyrannus
Sinotyrannus kazuoensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago