Bolyeria Gray, 1842

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Bolyeria Gray, 1842

Material examined.

Bolyeria multocarinata ( Boié H in Boié F, 1827) (UMMZ 190727).

Description (Fig. 57).

Trunk vertebrae. Only two mid-trunk vertebrae were examined. Centrum shorter than wide; cotyle and condyle orbicular; distinct subcotylar tubercles present; neural arch moderately vaulted; posterior median notch of the neural arch deep; neural spine as high as long, with distinct anterodorsal and posterodorsal projections; prezygapophyseal accessory processes long; hypapophyses sigmoidal, present throughout the column; paracotylar foramina present.

Trunk / caudal transition. Unknown.

Number of vertebrae. Data from literature: Bolyeria multocarinata : 198 trunk vertebrae plus 87 cloacal and caudal vertebrae ( Hoffstetter 1960).