Rocasaurus
Rocasaurus | |
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Femur and pelvis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Family: | †Saltasauridae |
Tribe: | †Saltasaurini |
Genus: | †Rocasaurus |
Species: | †R. muniozi
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Binomial name | |
†Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado & Azpilicueta, 2000
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Rocasaurus (meaning "
The type species, Rocasaurus muniozi, was formally described by Leonardo Salgado and Azpilicueta in 2000.[1] New specimens were described in 2021.[2]
Discovery and naming
Between 1989 and 1994, expeditions of the
Fossil record
The holotype of Rocasaurus muniozi, MPCA-Pv 46, is a partial skeleton of a juvenile individual including partial cervical vertebrae, partial dorsal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, both ilia, ischia, and pubes, and the left femur. Other elements of R. muniozi found at Salitral Moreno include three cervical vertebrae and several caudal vertebrae.[3] Additional remains of R. muniozi are known from another locality, Salitral Ojo del Agua, and include partial cervical vertebrae, a partial dorsal vertebra, and a fragmentary ischium.[5]
Phylogeny
Rocasaurus in a cladogram after Navarro et al., 2022:[6]
Saltasauridae |
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