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. A recent cladistic analysis found it to be a pistosaur. It was relatively large animal, with more than 3 m (9.8 ft) in length.
| Bobosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| 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 | |
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