Rocasaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
Infraorder: | Sauropoda |
(unranked): | Titanosauria |
Genus: | Rocasaurus Salgado & Azpilicueta, 2000 |
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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.