Aorun
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Ao Run.
Aorun (pronunciationⓘ) is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur first discovered in 2006, with its scientific description published in 2013.[1] It is one of the oldest known coelurosaurian dinosaurs and is estimated to have lived ~161.6 million years ago during the Late Jurassic Period. It is the fifth extinct theropod discovered from Wucaiwan, China.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | †Alvarezsauroidea (?) |
Genus: | †Aorun Choiniere et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
†Aorun zhaoi Choiniere et al. 2013 |
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