Dinosauria › Reptilia
Syntarsus
Syntarsus kayentakatae (Rowe 1989)
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 201.4–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Syntarsus kayentakatae is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–184.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Rowe 1989). The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Syntarsus sits in deep time
Syntarsus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Syntarsus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.