Enigmacursor

enigmatic runner

• enigma · Latin (from Greek) · riddle, puzzle, mystery
• cursor · Latin · runner

The name combines the Latin-derived "enigma" (riddle or puzzle) with the Latin "cursor" (runner). It refers to the mysterious, puzzling nature of this small, lightly built ornithischian and its presumed running habit. The type species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae.

Named by

Maidment et al.

Year named

2024

Period

Late Jurassic

A small, early-diverging ornithischian (neornithischian) dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of the USA. I am less sure of the exact authorship, locality and stage details, so those fields are left out or kept general.