A REVISION OF LANGOBARDISAURUS ROSSII BIZZARINI AND MUSCIO, 1995 FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF FRIULI (ITALY)

• Published in: Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia Vol. 113; no. 2
• Main Authors: SILVIO RENESTO, FABIO MARCO DALLA VECCHIA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milano University Press 01.07.2007
• Subjects: Friuli; Langobardisaurus rossii; Norian (Late Triassic); Northern Italy; Re-description; Reptilia Diapsida; Taxonomic revision

A nearly complete but poorly preserved amniote from the Middle-Upper Norian of Friuli (NE Italy), previously attributed to a new species of the protorosaur genus Langobardisaurus (L. rossii Bizzarini & Muscio, 1995), is re-described. Study reveals that the specimen does not exhibit any protorosa...