Histriasaurus boscarollii Dalla Vecchia 1998 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Alternative combination: Histriasaurus boscariollii

Full reference: F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1998. Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geologica Croatica 51(2):105-134

Belongs to Histriasaurus according to S. Apesteguía 2007

See also Apesteguía 2005, Dalla Vecchia 1998, Dalla Vecchia 2000, Dalla Vecchia 2001, Dalla Vecchia 2005, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion 2009, Mannion et al. 2011, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2003 and Upchurch et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WN-V6, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Valle, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian lacustrine - small rudstone/limestone in Croatia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Valle

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