Bobosaurus

Bobosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile related to plesiosaurs. It is based on the holotype MFSN 27285, a partial skeleton found in Early Carnian-age rocks (early Late Triassic) of the Rio del Lago Formation, northeastern Italy. Bobosaurus was named in 2006 by Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia and the type species is B. forojuliensis. It may be a pistosaurid, or closer to Plesiosauria.^[1] A recent cladistic analysis found it to be a pistosaur.^[2] It was relatively large animal, with more than 3 m (9.8 ft) in length.^[3]

Bobosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, 228–223 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Bobosaurus scale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Clade:	†Pistosauria
Genus:	†Bobosaurus Dalla Vecchia, 2006
Species:	†B. forojuliensis
Binomial name
†Bobosaurus forojuliensis Dalla Vecchia, 2006

See also

• Paleontology portal

• Timeline of plesiosaur research
• List of plesiosaur genera

References

1. Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M. (2006). "A new sauropterygian reptile with plesiosaurian affinity from the Late Triassic of Italy" (PDF). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 112 (2): 207–225. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6337. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07.
2. Hilary F. Ketchum & Roger B. J. Benson (2011). "A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jurassic pliosaurids". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 86: 109–129.
3. Lawrence H. Tanner (2018). The Late Triassic World: Earth in a Time of Transition. Springer Nature. p. 287. ISBN 978-3-319-68008-8. Retrieved 12 September 2022.