Outline: a typical sauropod
Lavocatisaurus
"Lavocat's lizard"
- Lived
- 121 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Canudo et al. 2018
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
115 million years ago
Field notes
About Lavocatisaurus
What it was like
Lavocatisaurus was a rebbachisaur, a long-necked plant eater from a family related to Diplodocus. It is known from a nearly complete skull and parts of the skeleton of an adult and two young animals.
Like its relatives, it probably fed on low plants.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Rayoso Formation, which was a dry land in its time.
How it was found
Canudo and colleagues named Lavocatisaurus in 2018. The adult and young were found together, which suggests they may have moved in a group.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J. I. Canudo, J. L. Carballido, and A. Garrido, L. Salgado. 2018. A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Aptian–Albian, Lower Cretaceous Rayoso Formation, Neuquén, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(4):679-691