Rocasaurus

Rocasaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
(unranked): Titanosauria
Family: Saltasauridae?
Subfamily: Saltasaurinae?
Genus: Rocasaurus
Salgado & Azpilicueta, 2000
Species
  • R. muniozi Salgado & Azpilicueta, 2000 type

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 metres (26 ft) 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.[1]

References

  1. Salgado, L. and C. Azpilicueta. 2000. Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Río Negro (Formacíon Allen, Cretácico Superior), Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37 (3):259-264.
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