Comahuesaurus
Field photograph to come
Comahuesaurus
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- 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
115 million years ago
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