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AMPHISAURUS |
| DESCRIBER | Marsh,1882 / Barkas,1870 |
| TIME | Jurassic
Early Pliensbachian Toarcian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Anchisauridae |
| DIET | Herbivore |
| FOSSILSITE | Upper Portland Formation, Newark Supergroup, Connecticut, US |
| FALL UNDER | ANCHISAURUS |
| LENGTH | 2,4 meter |
| INFO | Anchisaurus
= Megadactylus
(Hitchcock,1865) =
Amphisaurus (Marsh,1882) =
Yaleosaurus
(Huene,1932) Anchisaurus
> A.polyzelus
(Hitchcock,1865) =
Megadactylus
polyzelus (Hitchcock,1865)
> Anchisaurus
colurus (Marsh,1891)
> Yaleosaurus
colurus (Huene,1932)
Supposed affinities to both the primitive Palaeosaurus and later dinosaurs, as discussed by Cope (1870) and others. (To replace preoccupied Megadactylus Hitchcock; preoccupied by Amphisaurus Barkas,1870) |
