Aggiosaurus is an extinct genus of geosaurine metriorhynchid crocodyliform known from the Late Jurassic (late Oxfordian stage) of Nice, southeastern France. It contains a single species, Aggiosaurus nicaeensis,[1][2] which was named by H. Ambayrac in 1913.[3]
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France. It contains a single species, Aggiosaurus nicaeensis, which was named by H. Ambayrac in 1913. Aggiosaurus is known only from its holotype, an unnumbered...
megalosaurid dinosaur; now it is assigned as the sole species in the genus Aggiosaurus. Buffetaut in 1982 demonstrated that it was in fact a metriorhynchid...
Genus Status Author Age Location Description Synonyms Images Aggiosaurus Ambayrac, 1913 late Oxfordian France. Sometimes considered to be a nomen dubium...
represents a member of the Mesosuchia. In 1956, Alfred Sherwood Romer renamed Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Ambayrac 1913, based on a lower jaw found near Nice, on the...
Massospondylus Afromimus Afrovenator Agathaumas – possible synonym of Triceratops Aggiosaurus – subsequently found to be a metriorhynchid crocodilian Agilisaurus Agnosphitys...
As the referral of Aggiosaurus nicaeensis to Dakosaurus by Young & Andrade (2009) was based solely on this character, Aggiosaurus which has the largest...
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