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.