Kayentavenator
kay-EN-tuh-vuh-NAY-tor /keɪˌɛntəvəˈneɪtər/
Accepted genus
Kayenta hunter
- Kayenta · English (place name) · Kayenta Formation / Kayenta, Arizona
- venator · Latin · hunter
The name means "Kayenta hunter". It combines the Kayenta Formation in Arizona, where the fossils were found, with the Latin word for hunter, a common ending for meat-eating theropods. The type species is Kayentavenator elysiae.
- Named by
- Gay
- Year named
- 2010
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Found in
- Kayenta Formation, Arizona, USA
A small coelophysoid theropod known from fragmentary remains. The original publication was a non-traditional (privately published) work, and some researchers have questioned how complete the material is.