Kileskus

lizard

• kileskus · Khakas · lizard

The name comes from the Khakas language, spoken in the region of southern Siberia where the fossils were found, and means "lizard". It was chosen to honour the local area. The type species is Kileskus aristotocus.

Named by

Averianov et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stage

Bathonian

Found in

Itat Formation, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia

A small to medium-sized theropod usually classified as an early proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid. It is one of the oldest known tyrannosauroids. Its stratigraphic stage is given as Bathonian, though the dating of the Itat Formation is somewhat uncertain.