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KAYENTATHERIUM
(kay-en-tah-fee-ree-um)
meaning: "Kayenta beast, named after the Kayenta Formation"
Kayentatherium
Named By: D. M. Kermack in 1982
Time Period: Early Jurassic
Location: USA, Arizona - Kayenta Formation
Size: Skull 8-10 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull, and post cranial skeletal remains
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Tritylodontidae |
Also known as: | Nearctylodon broomi |
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Kayentatherium is an extinct genus of tritylodontid cynodont that lived during the Early Jurassic. It is one of three tritylodonts from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona, United States.

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