Genus
Valid Extinct

Rebbachisaurus

Lavocat 1954
Etymology Aït Rebbach lizard

Rebbachisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Africa during the Late Cretaceous period, between 99 and 97 million years ago. The only valid species is R. garasbae. However, two other species have been assigned to the genus; R. tessonei, now Limaysaurus tessonei, and the nomen dubium R. tamesnensis. Known from a single, incomplete skeleton, much of R. garasbae's anatomy is unknown. The skeleton, discovered in 1948, was unearthed in the Errachidia Province of Morocco from strata of the Kem Kem Beds.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Rebbachisaurus
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Holotype material of Rebbachisaurus garasbae. A Dorsal vertebra (MNHN-MRS 1957) in anterior view and (B) lateral view. C Scapula (MNHN-MRS 1957) in lateral view. Scale bar equals 30 cm. Abbreviations: ac fo acromial fossa ac no acromial notch nc neural canal med spol medial spinopostzygapophyseal lamina. © Nizar Ibrahim, Paul C. Sereno, David J. Varricchio, David M. Martill, Didier B. Dutheil, David M. Unwin, Lahssen Baidder, Hans C. E. Larsson, Samir Zouhri, Abdelhadi Kaoukaya · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade
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Khebbashia Unranked clade
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Rebbachisaurinae Unranked clade
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Rebbachisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
20 m ⓘ
26 m ⓘ
Rebbachisaurus garasbae 
Mass
40 000 kg ⓘ
Rebbachisaurus garasbae 
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
5
Geological formations
Gara Sbaa
2
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
5
Species (1)
Rebbachisaurus garasbae 106 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lavocat. 1954. Sur les dinosauriens du Continental Intercalaire des Kem-Kem de la Daoura [On the dinosaurs from the Continental Intercalaire of the Kem Kem of the Doura]. Congrés Géologique International, Comptes Rendus de la Dix-Neuvième Session, Section 13 15:65-68
Bibliography (4)
D. A. Russell. 1996. Isolated dinosaur bones from the Middle Cretaceous of the Tafilalt, Morocco. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4e série, section C 18(2-3):349-402
P. C. Sereno, D. B. Dutheil, and M. Iarochene, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, P. M. Magwene, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, J. A. Wilson. 1996. Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation. Science 272:986-991 DOI ↗
M. Monbaron. 1978. Nouveaux ossements de Dinosauriens de grande taille dans le bassin jurassico-crétacé de Taguelft (Atlas de Beni-Mellal, Maroc). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 287:1277-1279
R. Lavocat. 1954. Sur les dinosauriens du Continental Intercalaire des Kem-Kem de la Daoura [On the dinosaurs from the Continental Intercalaire of the Kem Kem of the Doura]. Congrés Géologique International, Comptes Rendus de la Dix-Neuvième Session, Section 13 15:65-68