Jurassic
Agilisaurus
Agilisaurus louderbacki
The catalogue presents Agilisaurus as a herbivore member of Fabrosauridae that lived during the Jurassic, between 168 Ma. Its estimated range is 1.7 m in length and 40 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Sichuan, China. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Agilisaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Peng (1990).
The PBDB places it in Neornithischia, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Fabrosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Fabrosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Bajocian to the Oxfordian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Shaximiao Formation (1). Provenance: China.
The catalogue records the holotype as ZDM T6001 and the type locality as “Sichuan, China”.
- ZDM T6001
- Sichuan, China
The catalogue's reference measurements are 1.7 m in length and 40 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 1.7 m
- 40 kg
The record gathers 21 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Weight
- 40 kg
- Period
- Jurassic
- Time range
- 168 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1990
- Described by
- Peng Guangzhao
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Fabrosauridae
- Genus
- Agilisaurus
- Species
- A. louderbacki
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- ZDM T6001
- Type locality
- Sichuan, China