Named By: | S. Renesto & G. Binelli in 2006 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic, Norian |
Location: | Italy - Zorzino Limestone Formation |
Size: | Roughly about 15 centimetres long |
Diet: | Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Complete remains of more than one individual |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Protorosauria | Simiosauria | |
Vallesaurus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic elyurosaur drepanosauromorph. First found in Northern Italy in 1975, it is one of the most primitive drepanosaurs. V. cenenis is the type species, named in 2006. A second species, V. zorzinensis, was named in 2010.