Anguanax

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:18/10/2020
Post category:Genus page Plesiosauria Pliosauridae Pliosauroidea Thalassophonea

The skull of the Anguanax type specimen (from Cau & Fanti 2014)

Anguanax is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found in Italy. It is a basal thalassophonean pliosaur from the Late Jurassic (middle Oxfordian). The type and only known specimen (MPPL 18797) of Anguanax was originally described as an indeterminate pliosaurid (Cau and Fanti 2014), but was subsequently named after reanalysis by the same…

Bobosaurus

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:22/07/2018
Post category:Genus page

Bobosaurus reconstruction (from Dalla Vecchia 2018)

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)…