Comahuesaurus Carballido et al. 2012 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: J. L. Carballido, L. Salgado, D. Pol, J. I. Canudo, and 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

Parent taxon: Rebbachisauridae according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Carballido et al. 2012, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021 and Wilson and Allain 2015

Sister taxa: Agustinia, Amazonsaurus, Histriasaurus, Katepensaurus, Khebbashia, Lavocatisaurus, Maraapunisaurus, Rayososaurus, Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis, Sidersaura, Xenoposeidon, Zapalasaurus

Subtaxa: Comahuesaurus windhauseni

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Aguade del León, La Picaza (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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