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Actiosaurus gaudryi

Time
201.4–205.7 million years ago
Period
Unknown
Known sites
1
Actiosaurus
SauvagePublic domainFile:Actiosaurus.jpg

Summary

Actiosaurus is an extinct genus of reptile first described by Henri Sauvage in 1883 from Antully bonebed, Autun. The type species is A. gaudryi. Little is known of it, and it is considered a nomen dubium. Actiosaurus was originally described as a dinosaur in 1883 and was reinterpreted as an ichthyosaur in 1908. Actiosaurus may instead represent the remains of a choristodere. Fischer et al. (2014) considered A. gaudryi to be a species inquirenda, and noted the similarity of its bones to the limb bones of choristoderes.

Source: Wikipedia - Actiosaurus

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