Image: Rayososaurus Skeletal

Description: Skeletal diagram of Rayososaurus, showing the holotype MACN-N 41. Unknown parts have been restored after Limaysaurus. References: Carballido, J. L.; Garrido, A. C.; Canudo, J. I.; Salgado, L. (2010). "Redescription of Rayososaurus agrioensis Bonaparte (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea), rebbachisaurid from the early Late Cretaceous of Neuquén". Geobios 43: 493-502. Calvo, Jorge O.; Salgado, Leonardo (1995). "Rebbachisaurus tessonei sp. nov. a new Sauropoda from the Albian-Cenomanian of Argentina; new evidence on the origin of the Diplodocidae". Gaia 11: 13-33. Paulina-Carabajal, A.; Calvo, J. O. (2021). "Re-description of the braincase of the rebbachisaurid sauropod Limaysaurus tessonei and novel endocranial information based on CT scans". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93 (Suppl. 2): e20200762. Fernández-Baldor, F. T.; Canudo, J. I.; Huerta, P.; Montero, D.; Suberbiola, X. P.; Salgado, L. (2011). "Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 535–552. DOI:10.4202/app.2010.0003.[dead link] Fernández-Baldor, Fidel Torcida (2012) Sistemática, filogenia y análysis paleobiogeográfico de Demandasaurus darwini (Sauropoda, Rebbachisauridae) del Barremiense Superior-Aptiense de Burgos (España) (Thesis)[1], Universidad Zaragoza Suberbiola, X. P;, Torcida, F.; Izquierdo, L. A.; Huerta, P.; Montero, D.; Pérez, G. (2003). "First rebbachisaurid dinosaur (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the early Cretaceous of Spain: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 174 (5): 471-479. Torcida Fernández-Baldor, F.; Canudo, J. I. (2013) Rebbachisauridae: the European exception. Libro de resúmenes Abstract book 2013: 31. Sereno, P. C.; Wilson, J. A.; Witmer, L. M.; Whitlock, J. A.; Maga, A.; Ide, O.; Rowe, T. A. (2007). "Structural extremes in a Cretaceous dinosaur". PLOS ONE 2 (11): e1230. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0001230. Salgado, L.; Garrido, A.; Cocca, S. E.; Cocca, J. R. (2004). "Lower Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropods from Cerro Aguada del León (Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquén Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (4): 903-912.
Title: Rayososaurus Skeletal
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