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Acrosaurus

Reptilia - Pleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Acrosaurus was named by Meyer (1854). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Acrosauridae.

It was assigned to Acrosauridae by Osborn (1903); and to Pleurosauridae by Cocude-Michel (1963), Kuhn (1966).

Species
A. frischmanni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Acrosaurus Meyer
1903Acrosaurus Osborn p. 467
1963Acrosaurus Cocude-Michel
1966Acrosaurus Kuhn p. 39

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
—Sphenodontia()
infraorderEusphenodontia
—Neosphenodontia
familyPleurosauridaeLydekker 1888
genusAcrosaurusMeyer 1854

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. †Acrosaurus Meyer 1854
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†Acrosaurus frischmanni Meyer 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) A. frischmanni (53034)