Histriasaurus

DV-0416 · type species Histriasaurus boscarollii

Lived: 133 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
Found in: Croatia
Named by: Dalla Vecchia 1998

Field notes

About Histriasaurus

Histriasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 133 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Histriasaurus, from Croatia. It was named by Dalla Vecchia in 1998.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Rebbachisauridae.

MaraapunisaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
RebbachisaurusEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
AgustiniaEarly Cretaceous
LimaysaurusEarly Cretaceous
AstigmasauraEarly Cretaceous
XenoposeidonEarly Cretaceous
ZapalasaurusEarly Cretaceous
CienciargentinaEarly Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1998. Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geologica Croatica 51(2):105-134