Comahuesaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0815Lohan Cura Fm., Argentina

Comahuesaurus

DV-0815

Lived
120 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Carballido et al. 2012

Field notes

About Comahuesaurus

Comahuesaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Comahuesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Lohan Cura Formation. It was named by Carballido et al. in 2012.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 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: J. L. Carballido, L. Salgado, and D. Pol, J. I. Canudo, A. Garrido. 2012. A new basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin; evolution and biogeography of the group. Historical Biology 24(6):631-654