Species
Valid Extinct

Nanosaurus agilis

Marsh 1877

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
26
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Nanosaurus Genus
Nanosaurus agilis Species
Fossil sites 26 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
26
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
24
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Synonyms (4)
Drinker nisti subjective synonym of Nanosaurus agilis
Laosaurus gracilis subjective synonym of Nanosaurus agilis
Nanosaurus rex subjective synonym of Nanosaurus agilis
Othnielosaurus consors subjective synonym of Nanosaurus agilis
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256 DOI ↗
Bibliography (18)
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M. V. Connely. 2002. Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation, Como Bluff, Wyoming
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
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R. T. Bakker, P. M. Galton, and J. Siegwarth, J. Filla. 1990. A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology. Part IV. The dinosaurs: a new Othnielia-like hypsilophodontoid. Hunteria 2(6):8-19
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G. G. Simpson. 1926. The fauna of Quarry Nine. American Journal of Science 12(67):1-11 DOI ↗
C. W. Gilmore. 1914. Osteology of the armored Dinosauria in the United States National Museum, with special reference to the genus Stegosaurus. United States National Museum Bulletin 89:1-136 DOI ↗
C. W. Gilmore. 1909. A new rhynchocephalian reptile from the Jurassic of Wyoming, with notes on the fauna of "Quarry 9". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(1698):35-42 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1894. The typical Ornithopoda of the American Jurassic. American Journal of Science, series 3 48:85-90 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles from the Jurassic formation. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:514-516 DOI ↗