- Name
- Kayentatherium wellesi
- Authority
- Kermack, 1982
- Meaning of generic name
- "Kayenta Beast".
- Meaning of specific name
- In honor of Dr. S.P. Welles.
- Size
- Skull length: 80 mm , Length: [not given]
- Remains
- Holotype (UCMP V6897/83671): Nearly complete kull
Referred materials: UCMP V6897/83671 (partial skull) - Age and Distribution
- Horizon: Kayenta Formation. Lower Jurassic (Late Sinemurian-Early Plienbaschian).
Locality: San Bernale locality, Many Farms, Arizona. - Classification
- Therapsida Cynodontia Eucynodontia Cynognathia Tritylodontoidea Tritylodontidae
- Further Reading
- Kermack, D. M. 1982. A new tritylodontid from the Kayenta formation of Arizona: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 76, p. 1-17.
- Synonyms
- Nearctylodon broomi Lewis, 1986
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Kayentatherium wellesi
Kayentatherium is a small herbivorous cynodont from the Lower Jurassic of Arizona, that lived alongside dinosaurs such as Dilophosaurus.
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