Nanosaurus agilis Marsh 1877 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Synonyms: Drinker nisti Bakker et al. 1990, Laosaurus consors Marsh 1894, Laosaurus gracilis Marsh 1878, Morosaurus rex Marsh 1877, Nanosaurus rex Marsh 1877, Othnielia consors Marsh 1894, Othnielia rex Marsh 1877, Othnielosaurus consors Marsh 1894

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of some new vertebrate fossils. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 14:249-256

Belongs to Nanosaurus according to K. Carpenter and P. M. Galton 2018

See also Bakker 1990, Bakker 1996, Bakker et al. 1990, Becerra et al. 2016, Buchholz 2002, Butler and Galton 2008, Butler et al. 2008, Carpenter 1997, Charig 1967, Chure et al. 2006, Chure et al. 1994, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Decker 2012, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Foster et al. 2016, Foster et al. 2020, Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010, Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010, Galton 1975, Galton 1977, Galton 1978, Galton 1983, Galton 1983, Galton 2007, Galton 2009, Gilmore 1924, Gilmore 1925, Han et al. 2012, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Herne et al. 2019, Herne et al. 2018, Huene 1914, Huene 1934, Huene 1934, Huene and Lull 1908, King 1878, Knight 1900, Kuhn 1964, Lull 1911, Manitkoon et al. 2023, Marsh 1877, Marsh 1877, Marsh 1878, Marsh 1894, Marsh 1896, Marsh 1897, Mateus 2006, Molnar and Wiffen 1994, Mook 1916, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1902, Norman et al. 2004, Pierce 2006, Sauvage 1880, Sereno 1991, Sues 1980, Sues 1997, Sues and Norman 1990, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1975, Thulborn 1990, Untermann and Untermann 1954, Weishampel and Heinrich 1992, Weishampel and Weishampel 1983 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Nanosaurus agilis: YPM 1913, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lucas's Site, Garden Park, which is in a Tithonian channel sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
  • Drinker nisti: CPS 106, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Big Nose Quarry, which is in a Tithonian deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
  • Laosaurus gracilis: YPM 1875.
  • Othnielia rex: YPM 1915, a partial skeleton (femur).
  • Othnielosaurus consors: YPM 1882. Its type locality is Quarry 7, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Tithonian wet floodplain mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (19: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 19 collections including 25 occurrences

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