Rocasaurus

DV-0471

Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods, Saltasauridae
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000

Field notes

About Rocasaurus

Rocasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Rocasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Allen Formation. It was named by Salgado and Azpilicueta in 2000.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Saltasauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, 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