Endennasaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

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| fossil_range = Late Triassic
~{{fossil range|215|212}}

| image = Endennasaurus.jpg

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| image_caption = Endennasaurus acutirostris fossil

| taxon = Endennasaurus

| authority = Renesto, 1984

| type_species = {{extinct}}Endennasaurus acutirostris

| type_species_authority = Renesto, 1984

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Endennasaurus is an extinct genus of thalattosaurian from the Upper Triassic of Italy. It was found in and named after the Endenna cave, composed of Zorzino Limestone in Lombardia.{{Cite journal|last1=Müller|first1=Johannes|last2=Renesto|first2=Silvio|last3=Evans|first3=Susan E.|date=2005|title=The marine diapsid reptile Endennasaurus from the Upper Triassic of Italy|journal=Palaeontology|language=en|volume=48|issue=1|pages=15–30|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00434.x|bibcode=2005Palgy..48...15M |issn=1475-4983|doi-access=free}}[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=307745 Endennasaurus] at Fossilworks.org

Gallery

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File:Endennasaurus acutirostris tail.JPG|Endennasaurus acutirostris tail

File:Endennasaurus BW.jpg|Restoration

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References

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{{Thalattosauria|N.}}

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Category:Thalattosauria

Category:Late Triassic reptiles of Europe

Category:Fossils of Italy

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1984

Category:Prehistoric reptile genera

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