Anchisaurus -- The Dinosauricon

	*Anchisaurus* "near lizard"
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Anchisaurus Marsh, 1885

A. polyzelus (Hitchcock, 1865) (originally "Megadactylus")
OTHER SPECIES:
A. major Marsh, 1889 "greater near lizard"

MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
A. capensis (Broom, 1911) (originally Gyposaurus) == Massospondylus carinatus
A. colurus Marsh, 1891 ?= A. polyzelus
A. sinensis (Young, 1941) (originally Gyposaurus) = "Gyposaurus" sinensis
A. solus Marsh, 1892 == Ammosaurus major

Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Sauropodomorpha

YPM 201 [holotype]: fragmentary skeleton
YPM 1883: skull, 18 presacral vertebrae, scapulocoracoid, left forelimb, ilium, pubes, right hindlimb (Anchisaurus colurus)
YPM 2125: partial appendicular & axial remains

see also: Anatomy

Anchisaurus colurus may represent another gender (female?) of A. polyzelus. A. major, the type species of Ammosaurus, may also be a synonym of Anchisaurus polyzelus.

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