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Nqwebasauridae

Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis le-pi-do-CHEI-ro-SOR-us

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lepidocheirosaurus 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 Lepidocheirosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (168.2–165.3 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nqwebasauridae

Lepidocheirosaurus is a nqwebasauridae known from the Jurassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Alifanov and Saveliev 2015.