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Aetosaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Aetosaurus Fraas
1917Aetosaurus Watson p. 180
1922Aetosaurus Huene p. 22
1942Aetosaurus Huene p. 244
1967Aetosaurus Charig p. 704
1971Aetosaurus Kuhn p. 12
1988Aetosaurus Carroll
1998Aetosaurus Heckert and Lucas
1998Aetosaurus Lucas et al.
1999Aetosaurus Heckert and Lucas
2000Aetosaurus Heckert and Lucas
2007Aetosaurus Parker
2007Aetosaurus Schoch
2016Aetosaurus Parker

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
subfamilyAetosaurinae(Baur 1887)
genusAetosaurusFraas 1887

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. †Aetosaurus Fraas 1887
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†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas 1877
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Invalid names: Aetosaurus crassicauda Fraas 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württenburg) A. ferratus (92087 92088)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Greenland A. ferratus (26998)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Switzerland (Aargau) A. sp. (22680)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Lombardia) A. ferratus (59639)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. crassicauda (47800)