Arctosaurus Adams 1875 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Diapsida

Full reference: A. L. Adams. 1875. On a fossil saurian vertebra, Arctosaurus osborni, from the Arctic regions. Proceedings of the Irish Academy of Science, second series 2:177-179

Parent taxon: Archosauromorpha according to H.-D. Sues 2016

See also Adams 1875, Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Galton and Cluver 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1902, Lambe 1905, Lydekker 1889, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Nesbitt et al. 2007, Nopcsa 1901, Romer 1966, Steel 1970, Welles 1984 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Aenigmastropheus, Archelosauria, Chasmatosuchus vjushkovi, Crocopoda, Czatkowiella, Elessaurus, Exilisuchus, Exilisuchus tubercularis, Gwyneddosaurus, Helveticosauroidea, Jesairosaurus, Mecistotrachelos, Megalancosauridae, Ocolurtaia, Ocolurtaia arquata, Prolacertiformes, Protorosauria, Protorosaurus, Rhabdopelix longispinis, Tanystropheidae, Teraterpetidae, Teyujagua, Trilophosauridae

Subtaxa: Arctosaurus osborni

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Type: Arctosaurus osborni

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rendezvous Mountain, Cameron Island (Triassic of Nunavut)

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