Genus
Valid Extinct

Actiosaurus

Sauvage 1883

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Actiosaurus
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Amniote humerus originally referred to Actiosaurus in anterior view (2). Figures 1 and 2 after Sauvage (1883). © Sauvage · Public domain · Wikimedia
Actiosaurus
Actiosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Bagualosauria Unranked clade
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Plateosauria Unranked clade
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Anchisauria Unranked clade
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Prosauropoda Unranked clade
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Anchisauridae Family
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Actiosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
Temporal distribution
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Actiosaurus gaudryi 206 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (1)
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