Actiosaurus Sauvage 1883 (anchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Anchisauridae

Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1883. Recherches sur les reptiles trouvés dans l'étage rhétien des environs d'Autun [Research on the reptiles found in the Rhaetian stage of the environs of Autun]. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 14(3):1-44

Parent taxon: Anchisauridae according to B. F. Nopcsa 1901

See also Reiss et al. 2019, Sauvage 1883 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Ammosaurus, Gyposaurus, Senqutrisauropus, Megatrisauropus

Subtaxa: Actiosaurus gaudryi

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Type: Actiosaurus gaudryi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Antully bonebed, Autun (Triassic of France)

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