Genus
Valid Extinct

Cathartesaura

Gallina and Apesteguía 2005

Cathartesaura is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from Late Cretaceous strata of the Huincul Formation, at the "La Buitrera" locality, in the Neuquén Basin of Río Negro Province, Argentina. The fossil remains, described by Gallina and Apesteguía in 2005, consist of a partial skeleton including vertebrae and limb bones. These were found at the base of the formation, which dates back to the Cenomanian and Turonian epochs, in mudstone and sandstone levels.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Cathartesaura
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Fig. 2. Cathartesaura anaerobica gen. et sp. nov. Posterior cervical vertebra. A, right lateral view; B, detail of the centrum showing internal cavities. Abbreviations: acdl, anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; al1, accesory lamina 1; al2, accesory lamina 2; cam, camerae; cpol, centropostzygapophyseal lamina; di, diapophysis; ns, neural spine; pa, parapophysis; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; podl, postzygodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; prdl, prezy-godiapophyseal lamina; prz, prezygapophysis; spol, spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina; spzal, suprapostzygapophyseal accesory lamina. © Gallina, Pablo A. & Apesteguía, Sebastián · CC BY 3.0 · 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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Khebbashia Unranked clade
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Limaysaurinae Unranked clade
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Cathartesaura Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
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Geological formations
Huincul
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Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Cathartesaura anaerobica 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. A. Gallina and S. Apesteguía. 2005. Cathartesaura anaerobica gen. et sp. nov., a new rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Río Negro, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(2):153-166 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. A. Gallina and S. Apesteguía. 2005. Cathartesaura anaerobica gen. et sp. nov., a new rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Río Negro, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(2):153-166 DOI ↗