Histriasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Histriasaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
superfamilia = Diplodocoidea
genus = "Histriasaurus"
genus_authority = Dalla Vecchia, 1998
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "H. boscarollii" Dalla Vecchia, 1998

"Histriasaurus" was a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian stages, around 130 million years ago). Its fossils were found in Croatia, and described in 1998 by Dalla Vecchia. It was a diplodocoid sauropod, related to, but more primitive than, "Rebbachisaurus".

The type species, "H. boscarollii", was described by Dalla Vecchia in 1998. Although some authors consider "Histriasaurus" a dubious taxon, more recent papers support the original classification.Apesteguía, S. (2005). "Evolution in the hyposphene-hypantrum complex within Sauropoda". "In" K. Carpenter & V. Tidwell (eds.), "Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs". Indiana University Press, Bloomington 248-267]

References

External links

* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinoh.htm "Histriasaurus" at Dinosauria On-Line]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=68179&is_real_user=0 "Histriasaurus" at the Paleobiology Database]