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Silesauridae

Pseudolagosuchus pseu-do-la-go-SU-chu

Generic small ornithischian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Pseudolagosuchus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic small ornithischian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Pseudolagosuchus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (241.5–72.2 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Silesauridae

Pseudolagosuchus is a silesauridae 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 Arcucci 1987.