Bobosaurus

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

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea

Age:
Early Carnian, Triassic
Location:
2 km NW of Dogna, Province of Udine, Italy
Referred material (sp.):
-
Type species:

B. forojuliensis (type specimen: MFSN 27285, a postcranial skeleton)

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.