Acompsosaurus

Acompsosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
Pelvis of Acompsosaurus wingatensis (anterior view)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Order:	† Aetosauria
Family:	† Stagonolepididae
Genus:	† Acompsosaurus Mehl, 1916
Species
†A. wingatensisMehl, 1916 (type)

Acompsosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. 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. ^[1]

References

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1. Hunt, A. P.; and Lucas; S. G. (1989). "Late Triassic vertebrate localities in New Mexico". In Lucas, S. G.; Hunt, A. P. (eds.). Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History. pp. 72–101.