Archaeocursor

Archaeocursor
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Holotype femur
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Genus: †Archaeocursor
Yao et al., 2025
Species:
†A. asiaticus
Binomial name
†Archaeocursor asiaticus
Yao et al., 2025

Archaeocursor (meaning "old runner") is an extinct genus of basal ornithischian dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, A. asiaticus, known from a single femur. Archaeocursor represents the oldest and most basal ornithischian described from Asia.

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