Kayentatherium

Kay-en-tah-fee-ree-um.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2014, March 23). Kayentatherium. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/kayentatherium/

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Name

Kayentatherium ‭(‬Kayenta beast,‭ ‬named after the Kayenta Formation‭)‬.

Phonetic

Kay-en-tah-fee-ree-um.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Tritylodontidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬wellesi‭

Size

Skull at least 20‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Arizona‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kayenta Formation.

Time Period

Sinemurian-Pliensbachian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬and post cranial skeletal remains.

In Depth

       Kayentatherium is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in the south-west USA during the Early Jurassic.Further reading

-‭ ‬A new tritylodontid from the Kayenta formation of Arizona.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬76:1-17.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Kermack‭ ‬-‭ ‬1982.

-‭ ‬The Postcranial Skeleton of Kayentatherium wellesi from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona and the Phylogenetic Significance of Postcranial Features,‭ ‬by Hans-Dieter Sues‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jenkins‭ ‬-‭ ‬In Amniote Paleobiology:‭ ‬Perspectivers on the Evolution of Mammals,‭ ‬Birds,‭ ‬and Reptiles,‭ ‬p114-152‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Carrano,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Gaudin,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Blob‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Wible‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.

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