Its fossils have been found in Italy and Austria, and it lived during the Late Triassic period, roughly 228 to 201 million years ago.

The holotype specimen of L. pandolfii, MCSNB 2883, is an incomplete skeleton missing portions of the tail and forelimbs, while the neck and skull are crushed and displaced to the side.

[3] The smaller second specimen, MCSNB 4860, is a probable juvenile, with its skull and neck bent fully backwards under the rib cage.

[4] This was justified by apparent differences in phalangeal formula and limb bone proportion, though reinvestigation of these features has rendered them to be taxonomically insignificant.

[2] Bizzarini and Muscio (1995) proposed a third species, Langobardisaurus rossii, based on a skeleton from the Dolomia di Forni, MCSN 19235.

[5] However, a detailed review of the specimen by Renesto and Dalla Vecchia in 2007 led them to conclude that the Langobardisaurus rossii was not actually referrable to the genus.

[6] The most recent specimen of Langobardisaurus was described in 2013 from a fossil found in the Seefeld Formation in the Northern Calcareous Alps of Tyrol Austria.

[2] The aforementioned basins lacked water circulation and ranged from insignificant oxygen levels to totally anoxic - making this environment suitable for preservation of vertebrate bones.

[9][2] Past this toothless region of the snout, there were larger tricuspid (three-pronged) cheek teeth on the maxilla and a large molariform tooth which is elongated in an anteroposterior (front-to-back) direction.

[12] Able to stand tall on its hind legs, Langobardisaurus could have utilized its keen eyesight and long neck (extended vertically) to survey nearby terrain for both predators and prey.

[8] Bipedal locomotion was undoubtedly a large advantage for Langobardisaurus - such an adaptation would have allowed the animal to both chase after prey and run from predators.

Based on the available morphological and geological information on the genus, paleontologists hypothesize that the Langobardisaurus likely lived near marine environments - consistent with the proposition that it survived off of crustaceans found in tidal flats.