Segisaurus Segisaurus
"Tsegi Canyon lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Segisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (201–174 Mya)
- Place
- Unknown locality
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Coelophysidae
Segisaurus (meaning “Tsegi Canyon lizard”) is a genus of small coelophysid theropod dinosaur, that measured approximately 1 metre (3.3 feet) in length. The only known specimen was discovered in early Jurassic strata in Tsegi Canyon, Arizona, for which it was named. Segisaurus is the only dinosaur to have ever been excavated from the area.
What we know
- Named by Camp, 1936.