Genus: Tribelesodon BASSANI, 1886
Etymology: Greek, tri, "three", Greek, beles, "arrow" and Greek, odon, "tooth."

Species: longobardicus BASSANI, 1886
Etymology:
= Tanystropheus longobardicus (BASSANI, 1886) PEYER, 1931
= Macroscelosaurus longobardicus (BASSANI, 1886) KUHN, 1937

Holotype: Lost

Locality: Besano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian /Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

 

Neotype: PIMUZ T 2791 (examplar a of WILD, 1973)

Locality: Besano, Varesse Province, Italy.

Horizon: Besano Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Grenzbitumen zone.

Age: Anisian /Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and skeleton.

Referred material:

Locality: Monte San Giorgio, Tessin Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon: Grenzbitumen zone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian /Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Skull and skeleton.

Exampler c.

Neotype: PIMUZ T 2791 (examplar a of WILD, 1973)

Manus and foot.

Pectoral and pelvic girdle.

New interpertation of a juvenile skull.

PIMUZ T 2483 (examplar g of WILD, 1973), T2792 (examplar f of WILD, 1973), T2794 (examplar s of WILD, 1973), T2795 (examplar e of WILD, 1973): Skeletons.

PIMUZ T 1270 (examplar x of WILD, 1973), T2782 (examplar n of WILD, 1973), T2789 (examplar y of WILD, 1973): Skulls and skeletons.

PIMUZ T 1277 (examplar w of WILD, 1973): Partial skeleton.

PIMUZ T 1307 (examplar z of WILD, 1973): Skull, cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebrae.

PIMUZ T 2480 (examplar l of WILD, 1973): Skull.

PIMUZ T 2481 (examplar t of WILD, 1973): Fragmentary skeleton.

PIMUZ T 2482 (examplar d of WILD, 1973): Skull, anterior cervicals.

PIMUZ T 2484 (examplar r of WILD, 1973): Caudal, dorsal vertebrae and gastralia.

PIMUZ T 2485 (examplar h of WILD, 1973): Posterior cervicals.

PIMUZ T 2779 (examplar b of WILD, 1973): Fragmentary remains.

PIMUZ T 2780 (examplar o of WILD, 1973): Skull, and cervical vertebrae.

PIMUZ T 2781 (examplar aa of WILD, 1973): 2 isolated coracoids, limb bones and dorsal vertebrae.

PIMUZ T 2783 (examplar u of WILD, 1973): Deformed skull, and dorsal vertebrae.

PIMUZ T 2788 (examplar ab of WILD, 1973): Fragmentary skeleton.

PIMUZ T 2817 (examplar k of WILD, 1973): Skull and cervicals.

 

 

= Tanystropheus cf. T. longobardicus DALLA VECCHIA, 2006

Locality: Site 1, Aupa Valley, Moggio Udinese, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Northeastern Italy.

Horizon: "Torbidti d'Aupa"

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material:

MFSN 31545: Posterior cervical vertebra.

 

Locality: Site 2, Aupa Valley, Moggio Udinese, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Northeastern Italy.

Horizon: "Torbidti d'Aupa"

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material:

MFSN 27269, 31544: Cervical vertebrae.

MFSN 27274: Dorasal vertebra.

MFSN 27276: Dorsal neural arch.

MFSN 27277: Neural arch of a dorsal or caudal.

MFSN 27281: Proximal cervical verebra.

MFSN 28521: Fragmentary anterior cervical vertebra.

 

Locality: Site 4, Aupa Valley, Moggio Udinese, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Northeastern Italy.

Horizon: "Torbidti d'Aupa"

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material:

MFSN 31554: Tooth.

 

Locality: Site 5, Aupa Valley, Moggio Udinese, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Northeastern Italy.

Horizon: "Torbidti d'Aupa"

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material:

MFSN 31547: Fragmentary anterior cervical vertebrae.

 

Locality: Site 6, Aupa Valley, Moggio Udinese, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Northeastern Italy.

Horizon: "Torbidti d'Aupa"

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material:

MFSN 31545: Partial posterior cervical vertebra.

MFSN 31548: Fragmentary cervical vertebra.

MFSN 31549:Fragmentary caudal vertebra.

MFSN 31550: Proximal caudal vertebra.

MFSN 31551: Fragmentary ?dorsal neural arch.

MFSN 31552: Sacral vertebra.

MFSN 31553: Clavicale.

MFSN 31556, 31557: 2 teeth.

MFSN 31560, 31561: 2 teeth.

MFSN 31562: Fragmentary centa.

MFSN 31573: Ilium.

MFSN 31574: Distal caudal vertebra.

MFSN 31575: Distal caudal vertebra.

MFSN 31576: Cervical centra.

MFSN 31579: Complete and isolated cervical vertebra.

MFSN 31580: Distal caudal vertebra.

MFSN 31581: Mid-posterior dorsal vertebrae.

MFSN 31596: Mid-posterior dorsal vertebra.

MFSN 27271: Dorsal vertebra.

MFSN 27272: Fragment of vertebra.

MFSN 27273: Fragmentary dorsal vertebra.

MFSN 27275: Fragmentary caudal vertebra.

 

DIEDRICH, 2009

Locality: Bissendorf, Osnabrucker Bergland, Lower Saschen (Saxony) State, northwestern Germany.

Horizon: Meißner Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian/Landinan Boundary, Mid Triasic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Coll.-No. Pal 327-534: Tooth.

 

 

NOSOTTI, 1999

Locality: Besano, Lombardy, Varesse Province, Northern Italy.

Horizon: Besano Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian-Lower Ladinian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

BES SC 265, 1018, 3730: Nearly complete specimens.

Dorsal and lateral view of skull (after NOSOTTI, 2007)

 

= Tanystropheus cf. T. longobardicus RENESTO, 2005

Locality: Val Serrata, Monte San Giorgio, Canton Tessen, Switzerland.

Horizon: Lower Cava inferiore beds, Meride Limestone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

MCSN 4451: Fragmentary skeleton lacking the head and first 8 cervical vertebrae, and most bones of both hind limbs.

Note: Has skin impressions.

 


= Tanystropheus cf. T. longobardicus WILD, 1980
= Tanystropheus biharicus JURSAK, 1975
Etymology: In reference to Bihor County, Romania.

Holotype: Nr. X, Muzeul Tairl Crrisurilor, Oradea, inv. nr. 8988.

Locality: Lugasu de Sus, judetul Bihor County, Romania.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle to Upper Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Cervical vertebra.

 

= Tanystropheus meridensis WILD, 1980
Etymology:

Holotype: PIMUZ T/3901

Locality: Cassina beds, Monte San Giorgio, Tessin Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon: Meride Limestone, Lower Meridekalke.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Middle Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Lower Late Triassic.

Material: Skull, lower jaws, and 5 cervical vertebrae with ribs.

New interpertation of the skull.

Referred material:

= Tanystropheus cf. meridensis WILD, 1980

Locality: Lettenkeuper-Bonebed 3.50 m, abondoned quarry, Steinbach near Schwäbish Hall, Comburg, Baden-Württemburg State, Germany.

Horizon: Above the shell layer of Mschelk/Keuper boundary.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Lower Late Triassic.

Material:

SMNS Nr. 51042: Isolated tricondont tooth.