Lavocatisaurus

Say it like this: “luh-voh-KAH-ti-SAWR-us”

Lavocatisaurus agrioensis

Lavocatisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Named in: 2018 · Canudo, J.; Carballido, J.; Salgado, L.; Garrido, A.
Hip height: 2 m · 7 ft
Length: 10.2 m · 33 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: Argentina · Rayoso
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Rebbachisauridae

The story in short

In 2018, J. Canudo and colleagues published the name Lavocatisaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Lavocatisaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Rayoso Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Lavocatisaurus at a length near 10.2 m and hips about 2 m high.

On the family tree it sits in Rebbachisauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Agustinia

Agustinia ligabuei

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Amazonsaurus

Amazonsaurus maranhensis

Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago

Astigmasaura

Astigmasaura genuflexa

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago