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Cathartesaura

O nome significa: “vulture lizard, named after the vultures that live near where it was found”1
Comía: PlantasPescozos longosCretáceo Inferior

Cathartesaura was a medium-sized, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Argentina. It had a light, well-muscled neck and special air pockets in its backbone. This dinosaur was a rebbachisaurid, a group of sauropods that survived into the Late Cretaceous.12

Viviu
hai entre 110 e 106 millóns de anos3
Cretáceo Inferior
Fósiles atopados en
La Buitrera, Río Negro Province, Argentina31
Velocidade máxima
uns 15 km/h (9 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Cathartesaura is known from a partial skeleton that includes neck bones, tail bones, a shoulder blade, a hip bone, and a thigh bone.2

2

Its neck had special air pockets (pneumatic chambers) that made it lighter.1

3

Cathartesaura lived about 97 to 93 million years ago, during the Cenomanian and Turonian ages.1

4

It was a rebbachisaurid, a group of sauropods that were some of the last diplodocoid dinosaurs.1

5

The name Cathartesaura comes from the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), because many vultures live at the fossil site called La Buitrera (which means 'the vulture place').1

6

The species name anaerobica honors an Argentine adhesive company that helped with the fossil's extraction.1

Feito con IAImaxe de Cathartesaura feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Cathartesaura, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Cathartesaura

?How big was Cathartesaura?

Cathartesaura was a medium-sized sauropod, but scientists do not know its exact length or weight because only a partial skeleton has been found.12

?What did Cathartesaura eat?

Cathartesaura was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a long neck to reach leaves and ferns.1

?When did Cathartesaura live?

Cathartesaura lived about 97 to 93 million years ago, during the Cenomanian and Turonian ages of the Late Cretaceous.1

?Where was Cathartesaura found?

Cathartesaura was found in Argentina, at a site called La Buitrera in the Huincul Formation of Río Negro Province.12

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Cathartesaura
Bautizado por
Gallina and Apesteguía 20053
Grupo
Pescozos longos
Familia / clado
Rebbachisauridae3
Clasificación
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
Idade das rochas
de 110 a 106 millóns de anos (Albian)3
Formacións rochosas
Huincul3
Países
Arxentina3
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento
Cathartesaura was named by Pablo Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2005. The fossils were found at La Buitrera in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.32
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still unsure about the exact relationships between different rebbachisaurids, including Cathartesaura.2

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Cathartesaura (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Cathartesaura anaerobica gen. et sp. nov., a new rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Huincul Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Río Negro, Argentina (sedici.unlp.edu.ar)
  3. Cathartesaura in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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