Diluvicursor pickeringi

†Diluvicursor pickeringi ('Pickering's flood runner') is a small ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation of Victoria, Australia. Estimated at ~1.5 m, this agile herbivore inhabited polar forests near the South Pole, enduring long winter darkness. Its fossils from the Eric the Good site are preserved in ancient river deposits, hence its 'flood runner' epithet.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Diluvicursor pickeringi was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Diluvicursor pickeringi lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.