Aorun
| Aorun Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Aorun as a coelurosaurian | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avetheropoda |
| Genus: | †Aorun Choiniere et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Aorun zhaoi Choiniere et al. 2013 | |
Aorun (ⓘ) (敖闰 pinyin Áo rùn) is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur first discovered in 2006, with its scientific description published in 2013. It is generally considered one of the oldest known coelurosaurian dinosaurs and is estimated to have lived ~161.6 million years ago during the Late Jurassic Period, though some researchers consider it to be a carnosaurian instead.