Raibliania
Raibliania
Raibliania is an extinct reptile from the tanystropheid family that lived in what is now Italy during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic. It is known from fossils found in the Calcare del Predil Formation.
It is related to Tanystropheus but is different in some neck bones (cervical vertebrae) and teeth, which help distinguish it.
The genus has one named species, Raibliania calligarisi, described in 2020. The holotype fossil (MFSN 27532) includes parts of the skeleton: cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae (but no tail), a single tooth, several ribs, gastralia, and pieces of the pelvis (ilium and pubis).
In 2024, a study about Dinocephalosaurus material suggested that Raibliania might actually be Tanystropheus, noting strong similarities between the two and placing Raibliania close to Tanystropheus in their analysis.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 08:04 (CET).