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Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui
Taxonomy
Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui was named by Currie (1980). Its type specimen is MNHN 1908-32-57, a partial skeleton (right lateral portion of skull, vertebrae, ribs, gastralia, parts of the limbs, and parts of pectoral and pelvic girdle), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Mt. Eliva (Sakamena Fm.), which is in a Lopingian terrestrial horizon in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Acerosodontosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui Currie p. 501 figs. 1-8 |
| 2009 | Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui Bickelmann et al. p. 652 figs. 1-3 |
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†Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui Currie 1980
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| P. J. Currie 1980 | same as for genus | |
| C. Bickelmann et al. 2009 | Aquatic neodiapsid reptile characterized by the absence of a quadratojugal and the presence of a short posterior process of the jugal, resulting in an open lower temporal arcade; at least 36 teeth in the maxilla and 34 teeth in the lower jaw. Differs from other ‘‘Younginiformes’’ on the basis of the following combination of features: neural spines of dorsal vertebrae intermediate in height between those of Thadeosaurus and Hovasaurus; transverse processes shorter than in Kenyasaurus; cleithrum present, in contrast to Galesphyrus, Thadeosaurus, and Youngina; postaxial edge of the shaft of the humerus straighter than in Thadeosaurus and preaxial edge of the shaft not as concave; radius of twisted appearance; ulna lacking an ossified olecranon; metacarpals longer than in Hovasaurus but not as long as in Thadeosaurus; intermedium more polygonal than in Galesphyrus; pubis with long tubercle, longer than in Thadeosaurus; femur not as slender as in Kenyasaurus. |