Reptilia - Sauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Alternative combination: Silvestrosaurus buzzii
Belongs to Lariosaurus according to O. Rieppel 1998
See also Kuhn-Schnyder 1990
Sister taxa: Lariosaurus balsami, Lariosaurus curionii, Lariosaurus hongguoensis, Lariosaurus lavizzarii, Lariosaurus teutonicus, Lariosaurus valceresii, Lariosaurus vosseveldensis, Lariosaurus xingyiensis, Rhaeticonia rothpletzi
Type specimen: PMZ T2804, a skeleton (disarticulated skeleton). Its type locality is Monte San Giorgio, point 902 [unspecified layer], which is in an Anisian/Ladinian marine horizon in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (2 collections), Switzerland (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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