Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000 (saltasaurine)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Saltasauridae

Alternative combinations: Rocasaurus muniosi, Rocasaurus munozi

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Rocasaurus according to V. Zurriaguz et al. 2017

See also Candeiro and Harris 2012, Cruzado-Caballero and Coria 2016, Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic and Wilson 2011, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Gallina et al. 2021, García et al. 2015, González Riga 2011, González Riga et al. 2009, Mannion and Otero 2012, Navarrete et al. 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Otero 2010, Otero and Reguero 2013, Salgado 2003, Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000, Salgado and Coria 2005, Simón 2006, Upchurch et al. 2004, Vila et al. 2012, Wilson 2002, Wilson et al. 2019 and Zurriaguz and Powell 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCA-Pv 46. Its type locality is Salitral Moreno (NH1), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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