Kayentavenator elysiae Kayentavenator

"Kayenta hunter"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kayentavenator 50 cm (1.6 ft) long
1 person — shorter than 50 cm (1.6 ft)
Length
50 cm (1.6 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (189 Mya)
Place
Unknown locality
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Kayentavenator (meaning “Kayenta hunter”) is a genus of small carnivorous tetanuran dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic Period. Fossils were recovered from the Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona, and were described in 2010.

What we know

  • Named by Gay, 2010.
  • Body length estimated at about 0.5 m.