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project: DINOSAURIA
specimen 087
ANCHISAURUS POLYZELUS
"Most Coveted Near Lizard"
Marsh, 1885 (originally Megadactylus Hitchcock, 1865
Length: 2m (6.6ft)
Weight: 27 kg (60 lbs.)
Location: Connecticut, USA
Era: Pliensbachian age, lower Jurassic (188 million years ago)
Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Anchisauria
Anchisauridae
Notes:
The first dinosaur discovered in America, in 1818. Discovered many decades before "dinosaur" was even a word, they were first thought they were of human origin. It took many years before the bones were recognized as reptilian, but it was not included in Owen's original definition of Dinosauria.
Synonyms:
Megadactylus Hitchcock, 1865
Amphisaurus Marsh, 1882
Yaleosaurus Huene, 1932
specimen 087
ANCHISAURUS POLYZELUS
"Most Coveted Near Lizard"
Marsh, 1885 (originally Megadactylus Hitchcock, 1865
Length: 2m (6.6ft)
Weight: 27 kg (60 lbs.)
Location: Connecticut, USA
Era: Pliensbachian age, lower Jurassic (188 million years ago)
Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Anchisauria
Anchisauridae
Notes:
The first dinosaur discovered in America, in 1818. Discovered many decades before "dinosaur" was even a word, they were first thought they were of human origin. It took many years before the bones were recognized as reptilian, but it was not included in Owen's original definition of Dinosauria.
Synonyms:
Megadactylus Hitchcock, 1865
Amphisaurus Marsh, 1882
Yaleosaurus Huene, 1932
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This one needs comments. I always find Prosauropods and basal Sauropodomorpha very fascinating (well all early dinosaurs in general).