Genus

Valid Extinct

Comahuesaurus

Carballido et al. 2012

Comahuesaurus 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. The type species is C. windhauseni, named for Anselmo Windhausen, who contributed significantly to the geological study of Patagonia.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Skeletal reconstruction of Maraapunisaurus fragillimus, with restored dorsal vertebra in posterior view. Scaled from Lavocatisaurus, Agustinia, Comahuesaurus, Amazonsaurus, & other basal rebbachisaurids, with neck extended allometrically following Stevens & Parrish (2006). Human silhouette is myself. © Gunnar Bivens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Saurischia Unranked clade

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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade

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Massopoda Unranked clade

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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade

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Sauropoda Unranked clade

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Gravisauria Unranked clade

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Eusauropoda Unranked clade

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Neosauropoda Unranked clade

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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade

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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade

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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade

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Comahuesaurus Genus

Measurements

Length

14 m ⓘ

Comahuesaurus windhauseni

Mass

5 800 kg ⓘ

Comahuesaurus windhauseni

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Lohan Cura

Temporal distribution

Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Comahuesaurus windhauseni 120 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

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 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Comahuesaurus

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