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
Belongs to Aorun according to J. N. Choiniere et al. 2013
See also Averianov et al. 2023 and Rauhut et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V15709, a partial skeleton (Skull and partially articulated skeleton consisting of cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebrae, left ulna, left manus, distal pubes, and articulated left and righ). Its type locality is Aorun zhaoi type locality, which is in a Callovian terrestrial siltstone in the Shishugou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Aorun zhaoi type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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