Dzharacursor

Dzharacursor (meaning "Dzharakuduk runner") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian age) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

In 1995, Nesov named a new species of ornithomimosaur from the Bissekty Formation as Archaeornithomimus bissektensis, based on the holotype N 479/12457, a femur of a juvenile individual, along with other referred specimens including the metatarsals.

They also referred various partial cranial and postcranial materials of several individuals discovered from the same locality for a sufficient diagnosis.

[5][6] In their phylogenetic analyses, Averianov & Sues (2025) recovered Dzharacursor as a basal member of the Ornithomimidae, more derived than Archaeornithomimus.

[7] Dzharacursor coexisted in the Bissekty Formation environment with other theropods, including the carcharodontosaurian Ulughbegsaurus, the tyrannosauroid Timurlengia, and the dromaeosaurid Itemirus.

Speculative life restoration