Rebbachisaurus

Rebbach lizard

• Rebbach · Place name (Morocco) · locality in southeastern Morocco where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Rebbach", a locality in southeastern Morocco near where the first fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It literally means "Rebbach lizard". It was given to a large, long-necked sauropod known from a tall-spined set of vertebrae.

Named by

Lavocat

Year named

1954

Period

Early to Late Cretaceous

Stages

Albian – Cenomanian

Found in

Kem Kem beds, southeastern Morocco

Type species is Rebbachisaurus garasbae. It is the namesake of the sauropod family Rebbachisauridae. Some fossils from other regions once assigned to the genus are now placed in separate genera. The exact origin of the place name "Rebbach" is not detailed here.