Bobosaurus Dalla Vecchia, 2006
Bobosaurus shares many characteristics with plesiosaurs and is one of a number of recently discovered derived sauropterygians, bridging the gap between basal sauropterygians and plesiosaurs.
Classification
Sauropterygia --> Eosauropterygia --> Eusauropterygia --> Pistosauroidea
B. forojuliensis Della Vecchia, 2006
Material
Type specimen: MFSN 27285, postcranial skeleton.
Referred material: The only referred material is a dorsal neural arch (MFSN 27854)
Age and Location
Rio del Lago Formation, Lower Carnian (Triassic), about 2 km NW of Dogna, Province of Udine, Italy.
