| Agilisaurus | |
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Size |
1.2 metres |
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Meaning of name |
Agile lizard |
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Diet |
Herbivore |
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Location |
China |
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Time period |
Mid-Jurassic (168-161 MYA) |
Agilisaurus (meaning "agile lizard") is type of ornithopod that lived in the mid-Jurassic period in China. The name comes from the Latin word for agile, and the Greek word for lizard. There is one complete skeleton and it's one of the most complete small ornithopod known. The skeleton wa accidently found during the construction of the Zigong Dinosaur mueum, which is where the skeleton is now housed.