Genus
Valid Extinct

Romeosaurus

Palci et al. 2013

Romeosaurus is an extinct genus of yaguarasaurine mosasaur known from the early Late Cretaceous "Lastame" lithotype of northern Italy. It contains two species, Romeosaurus sorbinii and Romeosaurus fumanensis. Of the 2 species, R. sorbinii is known only through very fragmented fossil records of a single specimen and is otherwise poorly described. R. fumanensis is known through more specimens found across a small geographic area in Italy.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Romeosaurus
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Fossil of Romeosaurus, an extinct reptile - Took the picture at Museo Paleontologico di Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Yaguarasaurinae Subfamily
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Romeosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
3
Geological formations
Scaglia Rossa Veneta
3
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Romeosaurus fumanensis 94 Ma
Romeosaurus sorbinii 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. Palci, M. W. Caldwell, and C. A. Papazzoni. 2013. A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):599-612 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Palci, M. W. Caldwell, and C. A. Papazzoni. 2013. A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):599-612 DOI ↗