Lepidus

charming, pleasant, graceful

• lepidus · Latin · pleasant, charming, graceful

The name comes from the Latin word "lepidus", meaning "pleasant" or "charming". It was given to a small, early theropod (a coelophysoid) known from Late Triassic rocks of Texas. The type species is Lepidus praecisio. I'm not certain of the authors' exact reasoning for choosing the word.

Named by

Nesbitt and Ezcurra

Year named

2015

Period

Late Triassic

Stage

Norian

Found in

Dockum Group, Texas, USA

A valid genus of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur. Pronunciation and some details are given from memory. Do not confuse it with the Latin personal name Lepidus or with unrelated non-dinosaur taxa that use "lepidus" as a species epithet.