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Actiosaurus gaudryi

Reptilia - Anchisauridae

Taxonomy
Actiosaurus gaudryi was named by Sauvage (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Antully bonebed, Autun, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in France. It is the type species of Actiosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Actiosaurus gaudryi Sauvage p. 10 figs. Pl. 1:1-2
1901Actiosaurus gaudryi Nopcsa p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Bagualosauria
—Plateosauria()
—Anchisauria
—Prosauropoda()
familyAnchisauridae
genusActiosaurus
speciesgaudryi

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.

†Actiosaurus gaudryi Sauvage 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-15 11:05:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:20
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Burgundy) Actiosaurus gaudryi (type locality: 144758)