Comahuesaurus Comahuesaurus
"Comahue lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Comahuesaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (117–100 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Rebbachisauridae
Comahuesaurus (meaning “Comahue lizard”, after the region in which it was found) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the family Rebbachisauridae. It was found in the Lohan Cura Formation in Argentina, and lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian). The type species is C. windhauseni, named for Anselmo Windhausen, who contributed significantly to the geological study of Patagonia.
What we know
- Named by Carballido et al. 2012.
- Fossils found in Argentina.