Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Histriasaurus

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Superorder
  
Dinosauria

Infraorder
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Class
  
Sauropsida

Suborder
  
Superfamily
  
Rank
  
Genus

Histriasaurus dinodatadeimagesdinosaursdinohhistriasaurus

Similar
  
Limaysaurus, Betasuchus, Anoplosaurus, Dryptosauroides, Glyptodontopelta

Histriasaurus (HIS-tree-ah-SAWR-us) (meaning "Istria lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian stages, around 130 million years ago). Its fossils, holotype WN V-6, were found near the town of Bale on the Istrian peninsula in Croatia, and described in 1998 by Dalla Vecchia. It was a diplodocoid sauropod, related to, but more primitive than, Rebbachisaurus. Phylogenetic analyses published in 2007 and 2011 placed Histriasaurus as the most basal member of Rebbachisauridae.

The type species, H. boscarollii, was described by Dalla Vecchia in 1998. The specific name honours the discoverer of the site, DarĂ­o Boscarolli. Although some authors consider Histriasaurus a dubious taxon, more recent papers support the original classification.

References

Histriasaurus Wikipedia


Similar Topics