Siats
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Siats 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (99–94.5 Mya)
- Place
- United States · Utah, USA
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Siats (/see-ats/) is an extinct genus of large theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation (Mussentuchit Member) of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, Siats meekerorum. It was initially classified as a megaraptoran, a clade of large theropods with controversial relationships. Alternative positions within the Neovenatoridae, Allosauroidea, and Tyrannosauroidea have also been proposed.
What we know
- Named by Zanno & Makovicky, 2013.
- Fossils found in United States and Utah, USA.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Siats — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.