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
Fossil sites 34 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
8
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
9
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
5
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
6
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
5
Synonyms (1)
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Rebbachisaurinae
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. A. Wilson and R. Allain. 2015. Osteology of Rebbachisaurus garasbae Lavocat, 1954, a diplodocoid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the early Late Cretaceous–aged Kem Kem beds of southeastern Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(4):e1000701:1-33
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