Alternative combinations: Coelophysis kayentakatae, Megapnosaurus kayentakatae
Full reference: T. Rowe. 1989. A new species of the theropod dinosaur Syntarsus from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):125-136
Belongs to Syntarsus according to R. S. Tykoski and T. E. Rowe 2004
See also Bristowe and Raath 2004, Carrano and Sampson 2004, Dal Sasso et al. 2018, Ezcurra 2007, Ezcurra and Novas 2007, Hunt et al. 1998, Irmis 2004, Jasinski 2011, Martill et al. 2016, MartÃnez et al. 2013, Milner et al. 2006, Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015, Paul 1993, Paulina Carabajal and Canale 2010, Rauhut 2003, Rinehart et al. 2007, Rowe 1989, Rowe and Gauthier 1990, Rowe et al. 1997, Smith and Merrill 2006, Spielmann et al. 2007, Tweet et al. 2012, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997 and Wu et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNA V2623, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rock Head North (MNA 555-3, MCZ 18/78/A), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (6: Arizona collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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