Diluvicursor Diluvicursor

"flood"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Diluvicursor 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (113–112 Mya)
Place
Australia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Diluvicursor (“flood runner”) is a genus of small ornithischian from the Lower Albian (Early Cretaceous) 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.

What we know

  • Named by Herne et al., 2018.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.2 m.
  • Fossils found in Australia.