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Aetosaurus
Aetosaurus
is an extinct
genus
of
archosaur
reptile
belonging to the
order
Aetosauria
. It is generally considered to be the most primitive aetosaur. Three species are currently recognized:
A. ferratus
, the
type species
from
Germany
and
Italy
;
A. crassicauda
from Germany; and
A. arcuatus
from eastern
North America
. Additional specimens referred to
Aetosaurus
have been found from
South Africa
, the
Chinle Group
of the southwestern
United States
, and the
Fleming Fjord Formation
of
Greenland
. Specimens of
Aetosaurus
occur in
Norian
-age strata.
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