Bobosaurus

Bobosaurus reconstruction
Genus: Bobosaurus Author: Dalla Vechia 2006 Taxon status: Classification: Pistosauria Locality: Italy → Udine Province → Dogna (2 km NW of) Age: Triassic → Late Triassic → Carnian → Early Carnian Horizon (rock units): Triassic → Upper Triassic → Carnian → Lower Carnian → Rio del Lago Formation
Etymology: After the nickname of the finder, Mr Roberto "Bobo" Rigo (Udine, Italy); sauros Greek for lizard

Bobosaurus shares many characteristics with plesiosaurs and is one of a number of recently discovered derived sauropterygians that bridge the gap between basal sauropterygians and plesiosaurians.

The name honours the person who found the skeleton, Mr Roberto “Bobo” Rigo (Dalla Vecchia 2006).

Skeleton of Bobosaurus, preserved in situ. From Dalla Vecchia (2006)
The holotype of Bobosaurus (From Dalla Vecchia 2006)
Bobosaurus reconstruction
Bobosaurus reconstruction (from Dalla Vecchia 2018). Scale bar = 50 cm.