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Kayentapus
Taxonomy
Kayentapus was named by Welles (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was synonymized subjectively with Eubrontes by Hunt and Lucas (2006) and Lucas et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Ceratosauria by Weems (2006); to Grallatoridae by Welles (1971), Gierlinski (1996), Mietto et al. (2000), Niedzwiedzki and Pienkowski (2004) and Li et al. (2010); to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003) and Niedźwiedzki (2011); and to Theropoda by Weishampel (2006) and Carrano (2025).
It was synonymized subjectively with Eubrontes by Hunt and Lucas (2006) and Lucas et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Ceratosauria by Weems (2006); to Grallatoridae by Welles (1971), Gierlinski (1996), Mietto et al. (2000), Niedzwiedzki and Pienkowski (2004) and Li et al. (2010); to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003) and Niedźwiedzki (2011); and to Theropoda by Weishampel (2006) and Carrano (2025).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Kayentapus Welles p. 32 |
| 1986 | Schizograllator Zhen et al. p. 6 |
| 1989 | Schizograllator Zhen et al. p. 191 |
| 1996 | Kayentapus Gierlinski p. 120 |
| 2000 | Kayentapus Mietto et al. p. 66 |
| 2003 | Kayentapus Romero Molina et al. p. 24 |
| 2003 | Schizograllator Romero Molina et al. p. 24 |
| 2004 | Kayentapus Niedzwiedzki and Pienkowski p. 335 |
| 2006 | Kayentapus Weems p. 372 |
| 2006 | Kayentapus Weishampel p. 133 |
| 2010 | Kayentapus Li et al. p. 729 |
| 2011 | Kayentapus Niedźwiedzki p. 296 |
| 2025 | Kayentapus Carrano |
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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 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Norian | USA (Virginia) | K. minor (105551) | |
| Norian | China (Sichuan) | K. sp. (224337) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Slovakia (Tatra) | K. sp. (139740) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Poland (Malopolskie) | K. sp. (157240) | |
| Lacian - Alaunian | USA (Virginia) | Eubrontes divaricatus (68890) K. minor (68889) | |
| Rhaetian - Hettangian | USA (Arizona) | K. sp. (38886) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | China (Shaanxi) | K. sp. (224366) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Namibia (Otjozondjupa) | Saurichnium damarense, Anatrisauropus hereroensis (143491) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | China (Nei Mongol) | K. hailiutuensis (107973) | |
| Hettangian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | K. sp. (88587 88588) | |
| Hettangian | China (Yunnan) | Schizograllator xiaohebaensis (52848) | |
| Hettangian | USA (Massachusetts) | Leptonyx lateralis, Gigantitherium minus (52986) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | Sweden (Skåne) | Grallator soltykovensis (83325 83327) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | Grallator soltykovensis (83229) | |
| Late/Upper Hettangian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | K. sp. (28334) | |
| Late/Upper Hettangian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | K. sp. (61850) | |
| Middle Hettangian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | K. sp. (56964 56999) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Lesotho (Quthing) | K. sp. (214416) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Massachusetts) | Apatichnus minor (52994 52998) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Lesotho (Maseru) | K. sp. (230716) K. sp., K. ambrokholohali (214417) | |
| Sinemurian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | K. sp., Anchisauripus sp. (88586) | |
| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | USA (Arizona) | K. hopii (126606) K. sp. (36272) | |
| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | USA (Utah) | Dinosauria indet. B (57067) K. sp. (57068 183521 194145) | |
| Early/Lower Sinemurian | Hungary (Baranya) | K. soltykovensis (83228) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Italy (Verona) | Ornithopoda indet. (194081) | |
| Pliensbachian | Lesotho (Leribe) | K. sp. (55996) | |
| Pliensbachian | Japan (Nagano) | Schizograllator otariensis (60558) | |
| Pliensbachian | China (Yunnan) | K. sp. (224342) K. xiaohebaensis (224341 224343) | |
| Pliensbachian - Toarcian | USA (Utah) | K. sp. (201625) | |
| Middle Jurassic | China (Sichuan) | K. sp. (229404) | |
| Bajocian | China (Chongqing) | Chongqingpus nananensis (60492) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | France (Occitanie) | K. ubacensis (223713) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | China (Xinjiang) | K. sp. (156126) |