Vallesaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vallesaurus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic elyurosaur drepanosauromorph. First found in Northern Italy in 1975, it is one of the most primitive drepanosaurs. V. cenenis is the type species, which was first mentioned in 1991 but only formally described in 2006.[1] A second species, V. zorzinensis, was named in 2010.[2]
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Vallesaurus | |
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Holotype specimen of Vallesaurus cenenis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Drepanosauromorpha |
Clade: | †Elyurosauria |
Genus: | †Vallesaurus Renesto & Binelli, 2006 |
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