Kiyacursor longipes Kiyacursor

"Kiya River runner"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kiyacursor 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
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Length
2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Asia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Noasauridae

Kiyacursor (meaning “Kiya River runner”) 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.

What we know

  • Named by Averianov et al., 2024.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Asia.