Lavocatisaurus
Field photograph to come
Lavocatisaurus
DV-1026
- Lived
- 121 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Canudo et al. 2018
Field notes
About Lavocatisaurus
Lavocatisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lavocatisaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Rayoso Formation. It was named by Canudo et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, 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