Genus
Valid Extinct

Odoiporosaurus

Renesto et al. 2014

Odoiporosaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur known from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation (Grenzbitumenzone) of northern Italy. It contains a single species, Odoiporosaurus teruzzii. Odoiporosaurus is the sister taxon of the group formed by Serpianosaurus and Neusticosaurus, and together with the older and more primitive Dactylosaurus plus Anarosaurus clade, they form a monophyletic group of European pachypleurosaurids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Odoiporosaurus
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Fossil of Odoiporosaurus - Took the picture at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauria Suborder
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Odoiporosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Meride
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Odoiporosaurus teruzzii 239 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. Renesto, G. Binelli, and H. Hagdorn. 2014. A new pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Northern Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 271(2):151-168 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Renesto, G. Binelli, and H. Hagdorn. 2014. A new pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Northern Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 271(2):151-168 DOI ↗