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Rebbachisauridae

Lavocatisaurus

"René Lavocat"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lavocatisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Lavocatisaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae

Lavocatisaurus (meaning “René Lavocat’s lizard”) is a genus of sauropod in the family Rebbachisauridae from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian) Rayoso Formation of the Neuquén Basin, northern Patagonia, Argentina.

What we know

  • Named by Canudo et al. 2018.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Lavocatisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.