© Andrey Atuchin
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 20.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 112-99 million years ago
- Found in:
- Morocco
Rebbachisaurus is known only from dorsal vertebrae (part of the backbone), scapula, humerus and sacrum, so reconstructions are quite speculative. But we know it had large spines on its backbone which could have supported a 'sail'.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Rebbachisauridae
- Named by:
- Lavocat (1954)
- Type species:
- garasbae
