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long-neck giant
Comahuesaurus
Say it like this: “KOH-muh-hoo-SOR-us”
Comahuesaurus windhauseni
Comahuesaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Carballido, J. L.; Salgado, L.; Pol, D.; Canudo, J. I.; Garrido, A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- 4.5 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Lohan Cura
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Rebbachisauridae
The story in short
The genus Comahuesaurus dates to 2012, the year J. L. Carballido and colleagues described it. The name means “comahue lizard.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Lohan Cura Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Comahuesaurus at a length near 12 m and a body mass around 4.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Rebbachisauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agustinia
Agustinia ligabuei
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Amazonsaurus
Amazonsaurus maranhensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Astigmasaura
Astigmasaura genuflexa
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago