Bobosaurus
Bobosaurus was a big marine reptile that lived in the sea during the Late Triassic, about 228 to 223 million years ago. It was a relative of plesiosaurs and had a long neck and strong flippers for swimming.1
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Datos curiosos
Bobosaurus was named in 2006 by paleontologist Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia.1
The only known fossil is a partial skeleton that includes parts of the skull, neck, body, tail, and limbs.3
Bobosaurus had very high spines on its back vertebrae, similar to another marine reptile called Nothosaurus.3
Its ribs had a special hook-shaped process called an uncinate process, which is also seen in the placodont Paraplacodus.3
Bobosaurus lived during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic, about 237 to 233.6 million years ago.2
Scientists think Bobosaurus was a surface swimmer with a stiff body and large front flippers.3

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Bobosaurus
?How big was Bobosaurus?
It was a relatively large animal, more than 3 metres long.1
?What did Bobosaurus eat?
Scientists think it was an active predator that hunted mobile prey, like fish or other sea creatures, in shallow seas.4
?Was Bobosaurus a dinosaur?
No, it was a marine reptile called a sauropterygian, related to plesiosaurs, not a dinosaur.1
?When did Bobosaurus live?
It lived during the Late Triassic, about 228 to 223 million years ago, in the Carnian age.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Bobosaurus
- Bautizado por
- Dalla Vecchia 20065
- Grupo
- Réptiles mariños
- Familia / clado
- Pistosauria5
- Clasificación
- Sauropterygia5
- Idade das rochas
- de 237 a 234 millóns de anos (Carnian)5
- Formacións rochosas
- Rio del Lago5
- Países
- Italia5
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database5
- Descubrimento
- Bobosaurus was named by Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia in 2006 based on a partial skeleton found in the Rio del Lago Formation in northeastern Italy.1
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure if Bobosaurus was a pistosaurid or a closer relative of plesiosaurs.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Bobosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- A NEW SAUROPTERYGIAN REPTILE WITH PLESIOSAURIAN AFFINITY FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF ITALY | RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA (riviste.unimi.it)
- COMMENTS ON THE SKELETAL ANATOMY OF THE TRIASSIC REPTILE BOBOSAURUS FOROJULIENSIS (SAUROPTERYGIA, PISTOSAUROIDEA) (museofriulanostorianaturale.it)
- Bobosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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