Outline: a typical sauropod
Rocasaurus
"Roca lizard"
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
70 million years ago
Field notes
About Rocasaurus
What it was like
Rocasaurus was a small titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater related to Saltasaurus. It is known from bones of the backbone, hips and legs.
Its world
It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Allen Formation, where it shared the land with the raptor Austroraptor, the titanosaur Aeolosaurus and the armored Patagopelta.
How it was found
Salgado and Azpilicueta named it in 2000. It is named after a nearby town.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: L. Salgado and C. Azpilicueta. 2000. Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Río Negro (Formación Allen, Cretácico Superior), Patagonia, Argentina [A new saltasaurine (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from Río Negro province (Allen Formation, Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(3):259-264