Archaeocursor
Field photograph to come
Archaeocursor
DV-1266 · type species Archaeocursor asiaticus
- Lived
- 200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Yao et al. 2025
Field notes
About Archaeocursor
Archaeocursor was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Archaeocursor, from China. Its fossils come from the Ziliujing Formation. It was named by Yao et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithischia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Yao, Q. Zhao, and T. Ren, G. Wei, X. Xu. 2025. New evidence for the earliest ornithischian dinosaurs from Asia. iScience 28(1):111641