Lepidus is a genus of extinct theropod from the Upper Triassic of the United States.

It lived in the Otis Chalk localities of the Dockum Group in Texas, around 223 million years ago.

[1] It was first described in 2015 by Nesbitt & Ezcurra, who decided it warranted a new taxon, which they named Lepidus praecisio.

[1] Lepidus was one of eighteen dinosaur taxa from 2015 to be described in open access or free-to-read journals.

The results are shown below:[1] Liliensternus Zupaysaurus Lepidus (holotype + referred) Syntarsus kayentakatae Lepidus (holotype) Coelophysis bauri Coelophysis rhodesiensis Camposaurus arizonensis Dilophosaurus Cryolophosaurus Tetanurae Ceratosaurus