Dinosauria›Reptilia
Syntarsus Syntarsus kayentakatae (Rowe 1989)
/sˈɪntɑːɹsəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 201.4–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Arizona
Formation
Kayenta
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Arizona, United States. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Syntarsus kayentakatae sits in deep time
Syntarsus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Syntarsus kayentakatae's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.