Rayososaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0397Candeleros Fm., Argentina

Rayososaurus

DV-0397

Lived
113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Bonaparte 1996

Field notes

About Rayososaurus

Rayososaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Rayososaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Candeleros Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1996.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rebbachisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte. 1996. Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina. Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30:73-130