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Kayentapus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Talmontopus Lapparent and Montenat p. 29 fig. 17
1967Talmontopus tersi Lapparent and Montenat p. 29 fig. 17
1967Talmontopus Lapparent and Montenat p. 33
1968Talmontopus tersi Courel et al. p. 277
1969Talmontopus Haubold p. 99
1971Talmontopus Haubold p. 69
1971Talmontopus tersi Haubold p. 69
1971Kayentapus Welles p. 32
1972Talmontopus Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1972Talmontopus tersi Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1974Talomontopus Haubold p. 43
1974Talmontopus tersi Haubold p. 119
1983Telmontopus Kordos p. 508
1983Telmontopus tersi Kordos p. 508
1986Schizograllator Zhen et al. p. 6–7 fig. 5
1989Schizograllator Zhen et al. p. 191
1990Talmontopus tersi Thulborn p. 135
1994Talmontopus Vignaud et al. p. 497
1994Talmontopus tersi Vignaud et al. p. 497
1996Kayentapus Gierlinski p. 120
2000Talmontopus tersi Gand et al. p. 617
2000Kayentapus Mietto et al. p. 66
2003Talmontopus tersi Demathieu p. 59
2003Talmontopus tersi Montenat and Bessonnat p. 42
2003Kayentapus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Schizograllator Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Talmontopus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Talmontopus tersi Viaud and Duclous p. 4
2004Kayentapus Niedzwiedzki and Pienkowski p. 335
2006Kayentapus Weems p. 372
2006Kayentapus Weishampel p. 133
2010Kayentapus Li et al. p. 729
2011Kayentapus Niedźwiedzki p. 296
2014Talmontopus tersi Abbassi and Madanipour p. 112
2019Talmontopus tersi Moreau et al. p. 349
2023Kayentapus Poropat et al. p. 177
2025Kayentapus Carrano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
genusKayentapus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Kayentapus Welles 1971
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†Kayentapus ambrokholohali Sciscio et al. 2017
†Kayentapus damarensis Gürich 1926
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Invalid names: Anatrisauropus hereroensis Ellenberger 1972 [objective synonym]
†Kayentapus hailiutuensis Li et al. 2010
†Kayentapus hopii Welles 1971
†Kayentapus minor Hitchcock 1858
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Invalid names: Stenonyx lateralis Hitchcock 1865 [synonym]
†Kayentapus nananensis Yang and Yang 1987
†Kayentapus otariensis Matsukawa et al. 2005
†Kayentapus soltykovensis Gierlinski 1991
†Kayentapus ubacensis Gand et al. 2018
†Kayentapus xiaohebaensis Zhen et al. 1986
Invalid names: Schizograllator Zhen et al. 1986 [synonym], Talmontopus Lapparent and Montenat 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Valanginian or 227.30000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian - Alaunian227.3 - 211.18USA (Virginia) Eubrontes divaricatus (68890) K. minor (68889)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Sichuan) K. sp. (224337)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Virginia) K. minor (105551)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Poland (Malopolskie) K. sp. (157240)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Slovakia (Tatra) K. sp. (139740)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5USA (Arizona) K. sp. (38886)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Grallator soltykovensis (83229)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Sweden (Skåne) Grallator soltykovensis (83325 83327)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China (Yunnan) Schizograllator xiaohebaensis (52848)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) K. sp. (88587 88588)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Massachusetts) Leptonyx lateralis, Gigantitherium minus (52986)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) K. sp. (28334)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) K. sp. (61850)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) K. sp. (56964 56999)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Maseru) K. sp. (230716) K. sp., K. ambrokholohali (214417)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Quthing) K. sp. (214416)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Massachusetts) Apatichnus minor (52994 52998)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Nei Mongol) K. hailiutuensis (107973)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Namibia (Otjozondjupa) Saurichnium damarense, Anatrisauropus hereroensis (143491)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Shaanxi) K. sp. (224366)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Baranya) K. soltykovensis (83228)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy (Verona) Ornithopoda indet. (194081)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) K. sp., Anchisauripus sp. (88586)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) K. hopii (126606) K. sp. (36272)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Utah) Dinosauria indet. B (57067) K. sp. (57068 183521 194145)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Japan (Nagano) Schizograllator otariensis (60558)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Lesotho (Leribe) K. sp. (55996)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2China (Yunnan) K. sp. (224342) K. xiaohebaensis (224341 224343)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7USA (Utah) K. sp. (201625)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Sichuan) K. sp. (229404)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Chongqing) Chongqingpus nananensis (60492)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Occitanie) K. ubacensis (223713)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6China (Xinjiang) K. sp. (156126)