Aorun Choiniere et al. 2013 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: J. N. Choiniere, J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster, M. A. Norell, D. A. G. M. Eberth Erickson, H. Chu, and X. Xu. 2013. A juvenile specimen of a new coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle-Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Parent taxon: Alvarezsauria according to K. Kubo et al. 2023

See also Choiniere et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauroidea, Arriagadoolithidae, Shishugounykus

Subtaxa: Aorun zhaoi

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Type: Aorun zhaoi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Aorun zhaoi type locality (Jurassic of China)

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