Katepensaurus
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Katepensaurus
DV-0859 · type species Katepensaurus goicoecheai
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Ibiricu et al. 2013
Field notes
About Katepensaurus
Katepensaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Katepensaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was named by Ibiricu et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, and R. D. Martinez, M. C. Lamanna, M. Luna, L. Salgado. 2013. Katepensaurus goicoecheai, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6):1351-1366