Nanosaurus

Nanosaurus agilis Marsh 1877

Late Jurassic · 157.9–143.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet

herbivore

Locomotion

Unknown

Overview

Nanosaurus agilis is a dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 157.9–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Marsh 1877. The species is represented by 26 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~65%

confidence from occurrence count

Confirmed

Inferred

Based on 26 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Nanosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC

JURASSIC

CRETACEOUS

Nanosaurus

252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Nanosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade

Enigmacursor

Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae

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same–clade

Chilesaurus

Chilesaurus diegosuarezi

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same–clade

Fruitadens

Fruitadens haagarorum

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same–clade

Minimocursor

Minimocursor phunoiensis

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