Besanosaurus was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Besanosaurus lived during the Middle Triassic, with fossils found in Europe.
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Besanosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- P. M. Sander. 1988. A fossil reptile embryo from the Middle Triassic of the Alps. Science 329:780-782
- R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496
