Genus
Valid Extinct

Diluvicursor

Herne et al. 2018

Diluvicursor is a genus of small ornithischian from the Lower Albian of Australia. It is known from one species, the type species D. pickeringi. The two known specimens, a vertebra and a partial juvenile postcranium discovered in 2005 from the Eumeralla Formation, are known, and they were named in early 2018.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Elasmaria Unranked clade
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Diluvicursor Genus
Measurements
Length
2,3 m ⓘ
Diluvicursor pickeringi
Mass
20 kg ⓘ
Diluvicursor pickeringi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
1
Geological formations
Eumeralla
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Diluvicursor pickeringi 113 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
M. C. Herne, A. M. Tait, and V. Weisbecker, M. Hall, J. P. Nair, M. Cleeland, S. W. Salisbury. 2018. A new small-bodied ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from a deep, high-energy Early Cretaceous river of the Australian-Antarctic rift system. PeerJ 5:e4113:1-77 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. C. Herne, A. M. Tait, and V. Weisbecker, M. Hall, J. P. Nair, M. Cleeland, S. W. Salisbury. 2018. A new small-bodied ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from a deep, high-energy Early Cretaceous river of the Australian-Antarctic rift system. PeerJ 5:e4113:1-77 DOI ↗