Genus
Valid Extinct

Agnosphitys

Fraser et al. 2002

Agnosphitys 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Agnosphitys
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Left maxilla of the silesaurid Agnosphitys cromhallensis from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) of England. © altondooley and Fraser (et al) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Guaibasauridae Family
Agnosphitys Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Agnosphitys cromhallensis 237 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
N. C. Fraser, K. Padian, and G. M. Walkden, A. L. M. Davis. 2002. Basal dinosauriform remains from Britain and the diagnosis of the Dinosauria. Palaeontology 45(1):79-95 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. C. Fraser, K. Padian, and G. M. Walkden, A. L. M. Davis. 2002. Basal dinosauriform remains from Britain and the diagnosis of the Dinosauria. Palaeontology 45(1):79-95 DOI ↗