'''Agnosphitys''' (
IPA: ; sometimes mistakenly called ''Agnostiphys'' or ''Agnosphytis'') is a disputed
genus of
dinosaur. 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. It may be a
chimera.
''Agnosphitys'' lies close to the ancestry of dinosaurs, although exactly where is disputed by researchers. Some consider it a
theropod dinosaur close to the beginnings of dinosaur evolution, while others consider it a dinosauromorph, an archosaur near the evolution of the dinosaurs.
The type species, ''Agnosphitys cromhallensis'', was described by Fraser, Padian, Walkden and Davis in
2002. The fossils, consisting of a partial skeleton including referred material, were found in Avon,
England.
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