Actiosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Actiosaurus (meaning "coast lizard") is an extinct genus of reptile first described by Henri Sauvage in 1883[1] from Antully bonebed, Autun (Triassic of France). The type species is A. gaudryi (commonly misspelled A. gaudrii after Boulenger[2]). 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.[3] 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.[4]
| Actiosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Actiosaurus gaudryi humerus (anterior view), Sauvage (1883). | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Genus: | †Actiosaurus Sauvage, 1883 |
| Species: | †A. gaudryi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Actiosaurus gaudryi Sauvage, 1883 | |
