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sharp-clawed runner
Dzharacursor
Say it like this: “JAH-ruh-VEN-uh-tuh”
Dzharacursor bissektensis
Dzharacursor ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Averianov, A. O.; Sues, H. D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Bissekty
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ornithomimidae
The story in short
The genus Dzharacursor dates to 2024, the year A. O. Averianov and H. D. Sues described it. The name means “dzharakuduk runner.”
Fossils referred to Dzharacursor date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Dzharacursor are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithomimidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepyornithomimus
Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anserimimus
Anserimimus planinychus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Archaeornithomimus
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 89.8 to 72.2 million years ago