Langobardisaurus

Langobardisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Order: Protorosauria
Family: Tanystropheidae
Genus: Langobardisaurus
Type species
L. pandolfii
Renesto, 1994

Langobardisaurus is an extinct genus of Protorosaurian reptile, with one known species L. pandolfii. Its fossils have been found in Italy and Austria, and it lived during the Late Triassic period.[1]

Langobardisaurus pandolfii fossil.

References

  1. Saller, F.; Renesto, S.; Dalla Vecchia, F. M. (2013). "First record of Langobardisaurus (Diapsida, Protorosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Austria, and a revision of the genus". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie end Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 268 (1): 89–95.
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