Outline: a typical early ornithischian
Minimocursor
"smallest runner"
- Lived
- 149 to 137 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians
- Found in
- Thailand
- Named by
- Manitkoon et al. 2023
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
145 million years ago
Field notes
About Minimocursor
What it was like
Minimocursor was a small, two-legged plant eater known from a nearly complete skeleton. It had long legs and a long tail and was probably a quick runner.
Its world
It lived in the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous in what is now Thailand. Its bones come from the Phu Kradung Formation, where the long-necked Uragasaurus also lived.
How it was found
Manitkoon and colleagues named it in 2023. It is one of the best preserved small bird-hipped dinosaurs from that part of Asia.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Neornithischia
- NanosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- EnigmacursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AgilisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- PulaosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- YandusaurusMiddle Jurassic
- HexinlusaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- SanxiasaurusEarly Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- StormbergiaEarly Jurassic
Sources: WikidataNamed in: S. Manitkoon, U. Deesri, and B. Khalloufi, T. Nonsrirach, V. Suteethorn, P. Chanthasit, W. Boonla, E. Buffetaut. 2023. A new basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Phu Kradung Formation (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Thailand. Diversity 15(7):851:1-32