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Rebbachisauridae

Rayososaurus RAYO-so-SOR-us

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Rayososaurus 14 m (46 ft) long
as long as 8 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Rayososaurus
Length
14 m (46 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100.5–93.9 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae

Rayososaurus is a rebbachisauridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Bonaparte 1996.