Agilisaurus

agile lizard

• agilis · Latin · agile, nimble
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Agilisaurus combines the Latin "agilis" (agile) with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). Its describer chose the name because the animal's slender build and long hind limbs suggest it was a light, fast-moving runner.

Named by

Peng

Year named

1990

Period

Middle Jurassic

Found in

Lower Shaximiao Formation, Sichuan, China

A small, bipedal early ornithischian, usually classified as a basal neornithischian. The type species is Agilisaurus louderbacki.