Genus
Valid Extinct

Kiyacursor

Averianov et al. 2024

Kiyacursor is an extinct genus of noasaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Ilek Formation of Russia. The genus contains a single species, K. longipes, known from a partial skeleton. Kiyacursor represents the first Early Cretaceous ceratosaur discovered in Asia, as well as the second non-avian theropod named from Russia, after Kileskus in 2010.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Kiyacursor
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Kiyacursor longipes holotype, KOKM 5542. © С. В. Иванцов · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Noasauridae Family
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Kiyacursor Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
2
Geological formations
Ilek
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Kiyacursor longipes 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas, and A. A. Atuchin, D. A. Slobodin, O. A. Feofanova, O. N. Vladimirova. 2024. The last ceratosaur of Asia: a new noasaurid from the Early Cretaceous Great Siberian Refugium. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2023):20240537:1-9 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas, and A. A. Atuchin, D. A. Slobodin, O. A. Feofanova, O. N. Vladimirova. 2024. The last ceratosaur of Asia: a new noasaurid from the Early Cretaceous Great Siberian Refugium. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2023):20240537:1-9 DOI ↗