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What is Rebbachisauridae?

Pronunciation: ruh-BASH-ee-SOR-uh-day
Author: Jose Bonaparte
Year: 1997
Meaning: Aït Rebbach lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal
Synonyms: None known
[Salgado, 2004]Definition
All diplodocoids more closely related to Rebbachisaurus garasbae than to Diplodocus longus.
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Etymology
Rebbachisauridae is derived from "Aït Rebbach" (the Berber tribe of Morocco, on whose territory the fossils of the first member and anchor—Rebbachisaurus—was found), the Greek "sauros" (lizard) and the Latin "idae" (family).
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References
• Bonaparte JF (1997) "Rayososaurus agrioensis Bonaparte 1995". Ameghiniana, 34(1): 116.
• Upchurch P, Barrett PM and Dodson P (2004) "Sauropoda". Page 259-322 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Apesteguía S, Gallina PA and Haluza A (2010) "Not just a pretty face: anatomical peculiarities in the postcranium of Rebbachisaurids (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea)". Historical Biology, 22(1-3): 165-174. DOI: 10.1080/08912960903411580.
• Salgado L, Gallina PA, Lerzo LN and Canudo JI (2022) "Highly Specialized Diplodocoids: The Rebbachisauridae". Page 165–208 in Otero, Carballido and Pol (eds.) "South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs: Record, Diversity and Evolution".
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