In Depth
A little known creature, Acteosaurus has been speculated to be a marine reptile, similar to the mosasauroids. Acteosaurus was named after Actaeon, a hunter in Greek Mythology.
Further Reading
– On the Subdivisions of the Inferior Oolite in the South of England, compared with the Equivalent Beds of that Formation on the Yorkshire Coast. – Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 16: 1–48 [35, 31]. – T. Wright – 1860. – Redescription of Acteosaurus tommasinii von Meyer, 1860, and a discussion of evolutionary trends within the clade Ophidiomorpha. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 94–108. – Alessandro Palci & Michael Caldwell – 2010.
