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bird-hipped dinosaur
Agilisaurus
Say it like this: “AJ-i-li-SAWR-us”
Agilisaurus louderbacki
Agilisaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1992 · Peng, G.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.2–1.7 m · 4–6 ft
- Weight
- 40 kg · 88 lb
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Neornithischia
The story in short
The genus Agilisaurus dates to 1992, the year G. Peng described it. The name means “agile lizard.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian), roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shaximiao Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Agilisaurus at a length near 1.2–1.7 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 40 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Neornithischia, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Enigmacursor
Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Hexinlusaurus
Hexinlusaurus multidens
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
Kulindadromeus
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago