Name:
Acteosaurus
(Actaeon lizard).
Phonetic: Ak-tee-o-sore-us.
Named By: Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer -
1860.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Scleroglossa.
Species: A. tommasinii (type), A.
crassicostatus (possibly a synonym to A.
tommasinii).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Slovenia.
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
A little known creature, Acteosaurus has been speculated to be a marine reptile, similar to the mosasauroids. Acteosaurus was named after Actaeon, a hunter in Greek Mythology.
Further reading
- On the Subdivisions of the Inferior Oolite in the South of England,
compared with the Equivalent Beds of that Formation on the Yorkshire
Coast. - Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 16: 1–48 [35,
31]. - T. Wright - 1860.
- Redescription of Acteosaurus tommasinii von
Meyer, 1860, and a
discussion of evolutionary trends within the clade Ophidiomorpha. -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 94–108. - Alessandro Palci
& Michael Caldwell - 2010.
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