Katepensaurus Ibiricu et al. 2013 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, R. D. Martinez, M. C. Lamanna, M. Luna and L. Salgado. 2013. Katepensaurus goicoecheai, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6):1351-1366

Parent taxon: Limaysaurinae according to L. N. Lerzo et al. 2024

See also Fanti et al. 2015, Ibiricu et al. 2013, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion et al. 2019 and Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021

Sister taxa: Cathartesaura, Limaysaurus, Nopcsaspondylus

Subtaxa: Katepensaurus goicoecheai

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Type: Katepensaurus goicoecheai

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Estancia Laguna Palacios "2005 Quarry" (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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