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Acrotholus

Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae

Taxonomy
Acrotholus was named by Evans et al. (2013) [From the Greek akros, meaning highest, and tholos, meaning dome; in reference to its greatly thickened cranial vault.]. It was considered unknown by Evans et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Pachycephalosauridae by Evans et al. (2013); and to Pachycephalosaurinae by Woodruff et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Acrotholus Evans et al. p. 2 figs. 1-3
2021Acrotholus Woodruff et al. p. 588 fig. 14

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Pachycephalosauria()
familyPachycephalosauridae
subfamilyPachycephalosaurinae
genusAcrotholus

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. †Acrotholus Evans et al. 2013
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Acrotholus audeti Evans et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available