Named By: | Thomas Carr & Thomas Williamson in 2010 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 74.5 Ma |
Location: | USA, New Mexico - Kirtland Formation |
Size: | Estimated 9 meters long |
Diet: | unavailable |
Fossil(s): | Two sets of remains representing juvenile and adult individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Tyrannosauroidea | |
Bistahieversor (meaning "Bistahi destroyer") is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur. Bistahieversor existed in the Late Cretaceous Hunter Wash member of the Kirtland Formation, which has been dated to 74.55 +- 0.29 Ma.
The name Bistahieversor comes from the Navajo Bistahi, or "place of the adobe formations" in reference to the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness where it was found, and eversor, meaning "destroyer."