Cathartesaura Gallina and Apesteguía 2005 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: P. A. Gallina and S. Apesteguía. 2005. Cathartesaura anaerobica gen. et sp. nov., a new rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Río Negro, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(2):153-166

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

See also Carballido et al. 2010, Carballido et al. 2012, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Haluza et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion 2009, Mannion et al. 2011, Mannion et al. 2012, Mannion et al. 2019, Motta et al. 2016, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Whitlock 2011 and Wilson and Allain 2015

Sister taxa: Katepensaurus, Limaysaurus, Nopcsaspondylus

Subtaxa: Cathartesaura anaerobica

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Type: Cathartesaura anaerobica

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Buitrera (upper) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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