Rocasaurus
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| Rocasaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Rocasaurus (meaning "Roca City Lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod that lived in South America about 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. This genus grew up to 8 meters long, making it one of the smaller sauropods. Rocasaurus was discovered in Argentina in 2000.
The type species, Rocasaurus muniozi, was formally described by Salgado and Azpilicueta in 2000.
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