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Acteosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Acteosaurus was named by von Meyer (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K (Turo) K (Turo) Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Dolichosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophidiomorpha by Palci and Caldwell (2010); and to Dolichosauridae by Paparella et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Acteosaurus von Meyer
1954Acteosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1988Acteosaurus Carroll
2002Acteosaurus Sepkoski
2010Acteosaurus Palci and Caldwell
2018Acteosaurus Paparella et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Pythonomorpha()
Dolichosauridae(Gervais 1852)
genusActeosaurusvon Meyer 1860

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Acteosaurus von Meyer 1860
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Acteosaurus tommasinii Meyer 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Slovenia A. tommasinii (123569)