Cathartesaura
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Cathartesaura | |
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A posterior cervical vertebra from the holotype of Cathartesaura | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
Family: | †Rebbachisauridae |
Genus: | †Cathartesaura Gallina & Apesteguía 2005 |
Species: | †C. anaerobica |
Binomial name | |
†Cathartesaura anaerobica Gallina & Apesteguía 2005 | |
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Cathartesaura is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous strata of the Huincul Formation, at the "La Buitrera" locality, in the Neuquén Basin of Río Negro Province, Argentina.[1] 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 spans the Cenomanian and Coniacian epochs, in mudstone and sandstone levels.