Acompsosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
Acompsosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Pelvis of Acompsosaurus wingatensis (anterior view) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Order: | †Aetosauria |
Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
Genus: | †Acompsosaurus Mehl, 1916 |
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Acompsosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur. It is known from a partial skeleton found from the Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation near Fort Wingate, New Mexico, which is now lost. The generic name means "sturdy lizard." It may be a junior synonym of Stagonolepis as its pelvis closely resembles that of S. robertsoni.[1]
References
- ^ Hunt, A. P.; and Lucas; S. G. (1989). "Late Triassic vertebrate localities in New Mexico". In Lucas, S. G.; Hunt, A. P. (eds.). Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History. pp. 72–101.
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- See also: Rauisuchia
- Prestosuchidae
- Bathyotica
- Sphenosuchia
- Protosuchia
- Mesosuchia
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