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Kiyacursor is the first ceratosaur dinosaur ever found from the Early Cretaceous of Asia.1
It lived about 40 million years later than any other ceratosaur known from Asia.1
Kiyacursor had an ostrich-like foot with a big third toe bone and a tiny second toe bone.1
Its hind legs were built for speed, and scientists think it was one of the fastest running meat-eating dinosaurs.1
Kiyacursor shared its home with many Jurassic-era survivors, like ancient salamanders, crocodile relatives, and mammal-like reptiles.1
The only known fossil of Kiyacursor is a partial skeleton that includes neck bones, shoulder bones, arm bones, and leg bones.1
Most asked questions about Kiyacursor
?How big was Kiyacursor?
Kiyacursor was about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) long. The only known fossil was a young adult that was still growing, so adults might have been a bit larger.23
?Could Kiyacursor run fast?
Yes. Its long legs and ostrich-like feet with a big third toe and tiny second toe suggest it was a fast runner, likely one of the speediest meat-eating dinosaurs of its time.24
?What did Kiyacursor eat?
Kiyacursor was a meat-eating dinosaur, so it likely chased after small prey like lizards or baby dinosaurs. Its speed helped it catch food.2
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- Scientific name
- Kiyacursor
- Named by
- Averianov et al. 20245
- Group
- Meat-eating dinos
- Family / clade
- Noasauridae5
- Classification
- Theropoda > Ceratosauria5
- Age of the rocks
- 121 to 113 million years (Aptian)5
- Rock formations
- Ilek5
- Countries
- Russia5
- Fossil records
- 2 in the Paleobiology Database5
- Discovery
- Kiyacursor was named in 2024 by a team of scientists led by A. O. Averianov. The fossils were found at the Shestakovo 1 site in Western Siberia, Russia.51
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how big Kiyacursor grew, because only one partial skeleton has been found.1
Where the facts come from
- The last ceratosaur of Asia: a new noasaurid from the Early ... (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- Kiyacursor (en.wikipedia.org)
- The last ceratosaur of Asia: a new noasaurid from the Early Cretaceous (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- Partial skeleton of a previously unknown medium-sized theropod dinosaur found in Siberia (phys.org)
- Kiyacursor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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