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WWD: Nanosaurus agilis

Added 2023-04-18 06:45:17 +0000 UTC

The dinosaur formerly known as Othnielia rex, also known as the dinosaur formerly known as Drinker nisti, also known as the dinosaur formerly known as Othnielosaurus consors, also known as the dinosaur formerly known as Laosaurus consors. This animal featured in the episode only as background fodder, and is neither discussed or even named on-screen, probably because it's not very impressive when compared to contemporary animals like Diplodocus or Stegosaurus (although they are identified in The Ballad of Big Al).

Yeah, so the biggest difference is just the name. In 2018, most of the various small "hypsilophodont" ornithopods of the Morrison Formation were congealed into one single species due to being well, more or less skeletally identical, and Nanosaurus had seniority. This would've been one of the most common smaller dinosaur in the region at the time, at only about seven feet long. It was definitely a bit tough to put on the chart given the massive size difference between it and the sauropods.

I've given it a feathery coat as well, based on fossils of other small Jurassic ornithischians, Tianyulong and Kulindadromeus, with coverings of long filaments, so this shouldn't be at all controversial.