Genus
Valid Extinct

Kileskus

Averianov et al. 2010
Etymology De ''kileskus'' signifiant ''lézard'' en language Khakas (un peuple sibérien).

Kileskus is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur known from partial remains found in Middle Jurassic Itat Formation of Sharypovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russia). Fossils recovered include the holotype maxilla, a premaxilla, a surangular, and a few bones from the hand and foot. Additional remains referred to the species include cervical and caudal vertebrae, as well as a fibula. The skull bones are similar to those of Proceratosaurus. The type species is K. aristotocus, named in 2010 by Averianov and colleagues.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Kileskus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
Proceratosauridae Family
Kileskus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
2
Geological formations
Itat
2
Temporal distribution
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Kileskus aristotocus 168 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
A. Averianov, T. Martin, and P. Skutschas, I. Danilov, J. Schultz, R. Schellhorn, E. Obraztsova, A. Lopatin, E. Sttchevskaya, I. Kuzmin, S. Krasnotutskii, S. Ivantsov. 2016. Middle Jurassic vertebrate assemblage of Berezovsk coal mine in western Siberia (Russia). Global Geology 19(4):187-204 DOI ↗
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 DOI ↗