Actiosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Actiosaurus"
fossil_range = Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Ichthyosauria
genus = "Actiosaurus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Actiosaurus gaudrii"

Actiosaurus (meaning "coast lizard") is an extinct genus first described by Sauvage in 1882. Little is known of it, and it is considered a "nomen dubium". Originally described as a dinosaur, it is now widely considered to be an ichthyosaur. The type species is "A. gaudrii" (revised in 1884, from the original "A. gaudryi").

References

* Sauvage, H.E. (1882). "Synopsis des poissons et des reptiles des terrains jurassiques de Boulogne-sur-Mer". Bull. Soc. Geol. France (3). 8(1879-1880): 524-547 (+ plates19-21).