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Rocasaurus
Taxonomy
Rocasaurus was named by Salgado and Azpilicueta (2000).
It was assigned to Lithostrotia by Upchurch et al. (2004); to Saltasaurinae by Zurriaguz et al. (2017); and to Saltasaurinae by Salgado and Azpilicueta (2000), Wilson (2002), Salgado and Coria (2005), Curry Rogers (2005), Calvo et al. (2007), Calvo et al. (2007), González Riga et al. (2009), Otero (2010), Filippi et al. (2011), D'Emic and Wilson (2011), González Riga (2011), Navarrete et al. (2011), D'Emic (2012), Candeiro and Harris (2012), González Riga and Ortiz David (2014) and Navarro et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Lithostrotia by Upchurch et al. (2004); to Saltasaurinae by Zurriaguz et al. (2017); and to Saltasaurinae by Salgado and Azpilicueta (2000), Wilson (2002), Salgado and Coria (2005), Curry Rogers (2005), Calvo et al. (2007), Calvo et al. (2007), González Riga et al. (2009), Otero (2010), Filippi et al. (2011), D'Emic and Wilson (2011), González Riga (2011), Navarrete et al. (2011), D'Emic (2012), Candeiro and Harris (2012), González Riga and Ortiz David (2014) and Navarro et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Rocasaurus Salgado and Azpilicueta p. 259 |
| 2002 | Rocasaurus Wilson p. 249 |
| 2004 | Rocasaurus Upchurch et al. p. 270 |
| 2005 | Rocasaurus Curry Rogers pp. 69-71 figs. 2.11-2.13 |
| 2005 | Rocasaurus Salgado and Coria p. 441 |
| 2007 | Rocasaurus Calvo et al. p. 497 fig. 14 |
| 2007 | Rocasaurus Calvo et al. p. 533 fig. 3 |
| 2009 | Rocasaurus González Riga et al. p. 144 fig. 11 |
| 2010 | Rocasaurus Otero p. 419 |
| 2011 | Rocasaurus D'Emic and Wilson p. 63 |
| 2011 | Rocasaurus Filippi et al. |
| 2011 | Rocasaurus González Riga p. 282 |
| 2011 | Rocasaurus Navarrete et al. p. 9 |
| 2012 | Rocasaurus Candeiro and Harris p. 74 |
| 2012 | Rocasaurus D'Emic |
| 2014 | Rocasaurus González Riga and Ortiz David |
| 2017 | Rocasaurus Zurriaguz et al. p. 101 |
| 2022 | Rocasaurus Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Rocasaurus Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
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†Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | R. muniozi (231729) R. sp., Saltasaurus n. sp. (32370) |