Eusaurosphargis

Eusaurosphargis
Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi PIMUZ A/III 4380
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha (?)
Family: Helveticosauridae
Genus: Eusaurosphargis
Nosotti & Rieppel 2003
Species:
E. dalassoi
Binomial name
Eusaurosphargis dalassoi
Nosotti & Rieppel 2003

Eusaurosphargis is an extinct genus of a diapsid reptile, known from the Middle Triassic (Anisian and Ladinian age) Besano Formation of northern Italy and Prosanto Formation of south-eastern Switzerland. It contains a single species, Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi. It was a small reptile, measuring 20 cm (7.9 in) long.

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