Aggiosaurus

Aggio's lizard

• Aggio · Proper noun (French/Italian place or per · named after Aggio (the locality or person associated with the find)
• -saurus · Greek · lizard

The name combines the proper noun "Aggio" with the Greek suffix "-saurus" meaning "lizard." It is believed to honour or reference either a locality or an individual named Aggio connected with the discovery of the specimen. The name was applied to fragmentary remains found in France. Like many 19th-century genus names, the precise inspiration for "Aggio" is not fully documented in the literature.

Named by

Ambayrac

Year named

1913

Period

Late Jurassic

Stage

Kimmeridgian

Found in

Nice area, southern France

Aggiosaurus is not a dinosaur — it is generally regarded as a crocodyliform (a large, possibly metriorhynchid or teleosauroid marine crocodylomorph). It is popularly grouped with "sea monsters" of the Mesozoic rather than true dinosaurs. The genus is considered a nomen dubium because the material is too fragmentary to confidently diagnose it; some researchers have suggested it may be referable to Metriorhynchus or a related genus, but this has not been firmly established.