Aorun zhaoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coelurosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria

Genus: †Aorun
Species: Aorun zhaoi

Name

Aorun zhaoi Choiniere et al., 2013

• Type locality: CHINA: Non-pedogenic, red-brown clayeysiltstone bed in the lower half of the Shishugou Forma-tion exposed at the Wucaiwan locality in Xinjiang.
• Holotype: The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, V15709.

References

• Choiniere, J.N., Clark, J.M., Forster, C.A., Norell, M.A., Eberth, D.A., Erickson, G.M., Chu, H. & Xu, X. 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 12(2): 177–215. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.781067 Reference page.  [original description: p. 4, figs. 3–19, 21, 22]