Eridanosaurus

Eridanosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	Eridanosaurus; Balsamo-Crivelli, 1864
Species
	Eridanosaurus brambillae

Last updated November 24, 2025

Eridanosaurus is an extinct genus originally described as a crocodilian, but later shown to be a rhinoceros ^[1] (specifically, based on a rhinoceros vertebra).^[2] It is known from Italy.^[1]

References

1 2 Delfino, M. 2001. The fossil record of the Italian Crocodylomorpha. 6th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Florence-Montevarchi, Italy, September 19–22, 2001:28. Abstract. [Italian]
↑ Delfino, M. 2000. Coccodrilli italiani. Page 12 in Barbieri, F., Bernini, F., and Fasola, M., editors. Societas Herpetologica Italica, 3° Congresso Nazionale. Riassunti. Centro Stampa del Comune di Pavia. Abstract. [Italian]

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[Delfino01-1] 1 2 Delfino, M. 2001. The fossil record of the Italian Crocodylomorpha. 6th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Florence-Montevarchi, Italy, September 19–22, 2001:28. Abstract. [Italian]

[2] Delfino, M. 2000. Coccodrilli italiani. Page 12 in Barbieri, F., Bernini, F., and Fasola, M., editors. Societas Herpetologica Italica, 3° Congresso Nazionale. Riassunti. Centro Stampa del Comune di Pavia. Abstract. [Italian]

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