Agnosphitys aɡnoʊ-s-FEYETIHS

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Agnosphitys 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Agnosphitys
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (208 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Guaibasauridae

Agnosphitys (; “unknown begetter”; sometimes mistakenly called Agnostiphys or Agnosphytis) is a genus of dinosauriform that lived during the Late Triassic. It contains only one species, the type species A. cromhallensis. Its remains include an ilium, maxilla, astragalus and humerus, which date variously from the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic, or possibly as late as the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic. The fissure fill at Avon, of which Agnosphitys was probably recovered from, was a sinkhole formed by the dissolution of Lower Carboniferous limestones.

What we know

  • Named by Fraser et al., 2002.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Agnosphitys — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.