Acompsosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Acompsosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. 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.
| Acompsosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Pelvis of Acompsosaurus wingatensis (anterior view) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Order: | †Aetosauria |
| Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
| Genus: | †Acompsosaurus Mehl, 1916 |
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The generic name means "sturdy lizard." It may be a junior synonym of Stagonolepis as its pelvis closely resembles that of S. robertsoni.[1]
