Aorun
Aorun | |
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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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Aorun (
Discovery and naming
The
The
Description
The
It is estimated that the number of teeth in the
Size and ontogenetic stage
The specimen, as can be judged from the available
Diagnostic features
The describing authors established some diagnostic traits. In the depression for a skull opening, the
Aorun is different from other theropods discovered from the same region, such as
Phylogeny
The authors placed Aorun in a basal position in within Coelurosauria and a member of
Paleoecology
Provenance and occurrence
The remains of the type specimen of Aorun zhaoi IVPP V15709 was recovered in the
Fauna and habitat
The
References
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