恐龍卡第 0355 張，共 2 027 張

Cathartesaura

名字的意思： “vulture lizard, named after the vultures that live near where it was found”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀早期

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.1 2

生存年代

110 到 106 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

La Buitrera, Río Negro Province, Argentina3 1

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Cathartesaura 時速約 15 公里 (9 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cathartesaura 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Cathartesaura 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Cathartesaura 最常被問的問題

?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.1 2

?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.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Cathartesaura
命名者: Gallina and Apesteguía 20053
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Rebbachisauridae3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea3
岩石的年代: 110 到 106 百萬年 (Albian)3
岩層: Huincul3
國家: 阿根廷3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Cathartesaura was named by Pablo Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2005. The fossils were found at La Buitrera in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.3 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are still unsure about the exact relationships between different rebbachisaurids, including Cathartesaura.2