| Named By: | J. N. Choiniere, J. M. Clark, C. M. Forster, M. A. Norell, D. A. Eberth, G. M. Erickson, H. Chu & X. Xu in 2013 |
| Time Period: | Late Jurassic 161.5 Ma |
| Location: | China, Xinjiang - Shishugou Formation, Wucaiwan Member |
| Size: | About 1 meter long for the holotype specimen, but this is of a juvenile, adults would have been larger |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Holotype ( IVPP V15709) represented by a skull, mandibles (lower jaws) and partial post cranial remains including vertebrae, hind legs and partial left fore limb. Holotype specimen is that of a juvenile |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Coelurosauria | |
Aorun (pron.:"AW-roon") is an extinct genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur first discovered in 2006, and a scientific description was published in 2013. It is one of the oldest known coelurosaurian dinosaurs and is estimated to have lived ~161.5 million years ago during the Late Jurassic Period. It is the fifth theropod discovered from Wucaiwan.