Rocasaurus Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000 (saltasaurine)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Saltasauridae

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Saltasaurinae according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic 2012, D'Emic and Wilson 2011, Filippi et al. 2011, González Riga 2011, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Navarrete et al. 2011, Otero 2010, Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000, Salgado and Coria 2005, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Zurriaguz et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Alamosaurus, Bonatitan, Ibirania, Saltasaurini, Yamanasaurus

Subtaxa: Rocasaurus muniozi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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