#Minimocursor

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Dinovember day 23: Minimocursor.

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Minimocursor phunoiensis Manitkoon et al., 2023 (new genus and species)

(Type specimen of Minimocursor phunoiensis, from Manitkoon et al., 2023)

Meaning of name: Minimocursor = smallest runner [in Latin]; phunoiensis = from Phu Noi

Age: Late Jurassic (more precise age uncertain)

Where found: Phu Kradung Formation, Kalasin, Thailand

How much is known: Partial skeleton including much of the vertebral column and parts of the skull and limbs. An isolated lower jaw and a partial hindlimb are also known. Other isolated bones from the same locality may belong to this species as well.

Notes: Minimocursor was a neornithischian, a large group of plant-eating dinosaurs including the duck-billed hadrosaurids, dome-headed pachycephalosaurs, and horned ceratopsids. It is the oldest and most completely known neornithischian from Southeast Asia. Neornithischians included some of the biggest and most spectacular ornithischian ("bird-hipped") dinosaurs, but the earliest members of the group were small, bipedal forms, and it was this ancestral body plan that was retained by Minimocursor.

The type specimen of Minimocursor belongs to an individual that is estimated to have been around 60 cm long in total body length, though it was likely not fully grown when it died. Based on isolated bones of larger neornithischians from the same locality, adult Minimocursor may have been closer to 2 m in total length, which would still make them pretty small by ornithischian standards.

(Schematic skeletal of Minimocursor phunoiensis by Wongwech Chowchuvech, with preserved bones of the type specimen in white and those of additional specimens in purple [some bones of the left hindlimb are also known in the type specimen], from Manitkoon et al., 2023)

Reference: Manitkoon, S., U. Deesri, B. Khalloufi, T. Nonsrirach, V. Suteethorn, P. Chanthasit, W. Boonla, and E. Buffetaut. 2023. A new basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Phu Kradung Formation (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Thailand. Diversity 15: 851. doi: 10.3390/d15070851

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Minimocursor

Minimocursor is a basal neornithischian dinosaur that is thought to have been abundant. It is the oldest and most completely known neornithischian from Southeast Asia. Like other small-bodied basal neornithischians, it ran on two legs and had a pointed beak. It is thought that adults could grow up to 2 m in body length.

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Minimocursor phunoiensis investigating a turtle. It’s a little rushed sorry

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DINOVEMBER - DAY 23

A Minimocursor! @1dinodaily.

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Dinovember Day 23: Minimocursor | ritual

Yipping over tea time

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Trick or treaaaat!

Minimocursor!

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Minimocursor

Minimocursor — рід базальних динозаврів з клади Neornithischia знайдений у пізньоюрській формації Фу-Крадунг в Таїланді. Типовий вид — Minimocursor phunoiensis.

Повний текст на сайті "Вимерлий світ":

https://extinctworld.in.ua/minimocursor/

[ognimdo2002]

Minimocursor phunoiensis - 13th Thai Dinosaur / Thai Runner

“ Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. ”

– Mark Twain

Minimocursor phunoiensis, was discovered in the Late Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation at the Phu Noi locality, Kalasin Province, Thailand, a highly productive non-marine fossil vertebrate locality of the Khorat Plateau. It is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found in Southeast Asia.

This study provides a better understanding of the early evolution and taxonomic diversity of ornithischians in Southeast Asia.

Etymology

In Thai word in The Recollections of Queen Arianna events, the common name is Caendeek (แจ้นเด็ก; Cæ̂ndĕk), which means "running kid".

Physiology

The not-fully-grown holotype is believed to be 0.6 metres (2.0 feet) long, similar to Agilisaurus. Larger remnants suggest that the fully grown animal would have been 2 meters (6.6 feet) long.

Abilities

Minimocursor can run on their own by using their feet; they have arms for standing, and they are uncatchable even by you.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimocursor

https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Minimocursor-phunoiensis-971749125

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Minimocursor is a recently described neornisthischian dinosaur from Jurassic Thailand. It’s name means ‘littlest runner’!!

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Minimocursor

Quick sketch of minimocursor rising high on its hind legs.  (he likes to be tall) [ID: A sketch of minimocursor done in orange over purple.  The dinosaur is standing tall on its hind legs so it can see far away. /ID]

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11/23/23 Minimocursor // Ritual

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Results from the #paleostream Petrodactyle, Alligator munensis, Rieppelia and Minimocursor.

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Day 19 - A pair of Minimocursor prowling in the grass near some mamenchisaurids

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Minimocursor

a new dinosaur was described today from Thailand!

Meet Minimocursor phunoiensis, described by Manitkoon et al., (2023), congrats on the description!

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New Discoveries: Minimocursor phunoiensis

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