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long-neck giant
Cathartesaura
Say it like this: “ca-THAR-teh-SOR-uh”
Cathartesaura anaerobica
Cathartesaura ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Gallina, P.; Apesteguía, S.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- 3 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Huincul
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Limaysaurinae
The story in short
In 2005, P. Gallina and S. Apesteguía published the name Cathartesaura.
Fossils referred to Cathartesaura date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Huincul Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Cathartesaura at a length near 12 m and a body mass around 3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Limaysaurinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.