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VALLESAURUS
(val-le-sor-us)
meaning: "Valle's lizard"
Vallesaurus
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 |
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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.

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