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Rocasaurus was one of the smaller sauropods, only about 8 metres (26 feet) long.1
Its skeleton was highly pneumatic, meaning it had many air spaces in its bones, like modern birds.1
Rocasaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 75 to 66 million years ago.1
It is closely related to other saltasaurid dinosaurs such as Saltasaurus and Neuquensaurus.1
The first fossils of Rocasaurus were found between 1989 and 1994 by scientists from the National University of Comahue.1
The species name muniozi honors Juan Carlos Muñoz, a paleontology director who supported research in the region.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Rocasaurus
?How big was Rocasaurus?
About 8 metres (26 feet) long. That made it one of the smaller sauropods.4
?What did Rocasaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater, or herbivore. It used its long neck to reach leaves and other plants.45
?When did Rocasaurus live?
It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 75 to 70 million years ago.4
?Where was Rocasaurus found?
Its fossils were found in Argentina, near the city of General Roca in Río Negro Province.4
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Rocasaurus
- Bautizado por
- Salgado and Azpilicueta 20005
- Grupo
- Pescozos longos
- Familia / clado
- Saltasauridae5
- Clasificación
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria5
- Idade das rochas
- de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)5
- Formacións rochosas
- Allen5
- Países
- Arxentina5
- Rexistros fósiles
- 4 na Paleobiology Database5
- Descubrimento
- Rocasaurus was named in 2000 by Leonardo Salgado and Claudia Azpilicueta. The fossils were found near General Roca in Río Negro, Argentina.13
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure about the exact age of the rocks where Rocasaurus was found. Some think they are from the Late Campanian, others from the Late Maastrichtian.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Rocasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- "Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Río Negro (Formación Allen, Cretácico Superior), Patagonia, Argentina" | Ameghiniana (ameghiniana.org.ar)
- Rocasaurus - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Rocasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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