Genus
Valid Extinct

Histriasaurus

Dalla Vecchia 1998
Etymology De ''Histria'', le nom Latin de l’Istrie, la région de Croatie d’où provient le spécimen, et du Grec ''sauros'', lézard.

Histriasaurus (HIS-tree-ah-SAWR-us) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Croatia. It has been suggested to be a rebbachisaurid, and if so one of the oldest known members of the group.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Histriasaurus
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Vertebra of the rebbachisaurid sauropod Histriasaurus from Croatia © Carpenter, Kenneth · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade
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Histriasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇭🇷 Croatia
1
Temporal distribution
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Histriasaurus boscarollii 133 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1998. Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geologica Croatica 51(2):105-134
Bibliography (1)
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1999. Atlas of the sauropod bones from the Upper Hauterivian-Lower Barremian of Bale/Valle (SW Istria, Croatia). Natura Nascosta 18:6-41