Cathartesaura
Field photograph to come
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
110 million years ago
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