Histriasaurus
Name:
Histriasaurus
(Istria lizard).
Phonetic: His-tre-ah-sor-us.
Named By: F. M. Dalla Vecchia - 1998.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Rebbachisauridae.
Species: H. boscarollii
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Croatia, Istarska Zupanija.
Time period: Late Hauterivian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Hailing from Croatia, Histriasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, and a close relative to the genus Rebbachisaurus.
Further reading
- Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower
Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) limestones of SW
Istria (Croatia). - Geologica Croatica 51(2):105-134.
- F. M. Dalla Vecchia - 1998.
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