| Eusaurosphargis Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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| Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi PIMUZ A/III 4380 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha (?) |
| Family: | †Helveticosauridae |
| Genus: | †Eusaurosphargis Nosotti & Rieppel 2003 |
| Species: | †E. dalassoi
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| †Eusaurosphargis dalassoi Nosotti & Rieppel 2003
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Eusaurosphargis is an extinct genus of a diapsid reptile, known from the Middle Triassic (Anisian and Ladinian age) Besano Formation of northern Italy and Prosanto Formation of south-eastern Switzerland. It contains a single species, Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi.[1] It was a small reptile, measuring 20 cm (7.9 in) long.[2]
- ^ Nosotti, Stefania; Rieppel, Olivier (2003). "Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi n. gen. n. sp., a new, unusual diapsid reptile from the Middle Triassic of Besano (Lombardy, N Italy)". Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano Ile. 31 (3): 1–33.
- ^ Rieppel, O. (2019). Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio. Indiana University Press. p. 113. doi:10.2307/j.ctvd58t86. ISBN 978-0253040114.