Aorun

Not to be confused with Ao Run.

Aorun
Temporal range: Late Jurassic 161.6 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avetheropoda
Genus: †Aorun
Choiniere et al., 2013
Type species
†Aorun zhaoi
Choiniere et al. 2013

Aorun (pronunciationⓘ) (敖闰 pinyin Áo rùn) is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur first discovered in 2006, with its scientific description published in 2013.[1] It is possibly one of the oldest known coelurosaurian dinosaurs and is estimated to have lived ~161.6 million years ago during the Late Jurassic Period, though some researchers consider it to be a carnosaurian instead.[2]

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