Cathartesaura

Field photograph to come

DV-0566Huincul Fm., Argentina

Cathartesaura

DV-0566 · type species Cathartesaura anaerobica

Lived
110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Gallina and Apesteguía 2005

Field notes

About Cathartesaura

Cathartesaura was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Cathartesaura, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Gallina and Apesteguía in 2005.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rebbachisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. A. Gallina and S. Apesteguía. 2005. Cathartesaura anaerobica gen. et sp. nov., a new rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Río Negro, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(2):153-166