| Langobardisaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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| L. pandolfii specimen MCSNB 4860 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Family: | †Tanystropheidae |
| Genus: | †Langobardisaurus Renesto, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| †Langobardisaurus pandolfii Renesto, 1994
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Langobardisaurus (/ˈlæŋɡoʊbɑːrdɪˈsɔːrəs/, meaning Reptile of Langobardi, in reference to the Long Bearded People, an ancient Central-European civilisation of North Germanic origin)[1] is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph reptile, with one valid species, L. pandolfii. Its fossils have been found in Italy and Austria, and it lived during the Late Triassic period, roughly 228 to 201 million years ago.[2] Langobardisaurus was initially described in 1994, based on fossils from the Calcare di Zorzino Formation in Northern Italy.[3] Fossils of the genus are also known from the Forni Dolostone of Northern Italy and the Seefeld Formation of Austria.[2]
- ^ "Langobardisaurus". Vertebrate Paleontology at Insubria University. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b Saller, F.; Renesto, S.; Dalla Vecchia, F. M. (2013). "First record of Langobardisaurus (Diapsida, Protorosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Austria, and a revision of the genus". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 268 (1): 89–95. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0319.
- ^ Renesto, S. (1994). "A new prolacertiform reptile from the Late Triassic of northern Italy". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 100 (2): 285–306. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/8615.