Sclerostropheus

Sclerostropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Italy. The type species is S. fossai, from the Argillite [di Riva di Solto].

Discovery and naming

The holotype is MCSNB 4035 and it consists of four largely articulated cervical vertebrae and associated cervical ribs. It was recovered from the N-slope of the Canto Alto mountain near Poscante, Bergamo, Italy and was initially classified as a species of Tanystropheus by Wild. Renesto & Dalla Vecchia also agreed that the species belonged to Tanystropheus.
Spiekman & Scheyer reclassified T. fossai by creating Schlerostropheus fossai.