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bird-hipped dinosaur
Enigmacursor
Say it like this: “ee-NIG-ma-kur-sor”
Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae
Enigmacursor ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Maidment, S. C. R.; Barrett, P. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Morrison
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Neornithischia
The story in short
The genus Enigmacursor dates to 2025, the year S. C. R. Maidment and P. M. Barrett described it.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Morrison Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Enigmacursor 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 Neornithischia, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agilisaurus
Agilisaurus louderbacki
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
Hexinlusaurus
Hexinlusaurus multidens
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
Kulindadromeus
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago