Acompsosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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Pelvis of Acompsosaurus wingatensis (anterior view) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Aetosauria |
Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
Genus: |
†Acompsosaurus Mehl, 1916 |
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Acompsosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur. It is known from a partial skeleton found from the Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation near Fort Wingate, New Mexico, which is now lost. The generic name means "sturdy lizard." It may be a junior synonym of Stagonolepis as its pelvis closely resembles that of S. robertsoni.