Comahuesaurus

Comahue lizard

• Comahue · Mapuche (place name) · the Comahue region of northern Patagonia, Argentina
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Comahue", the region of northern Patagonia in Argentina where the fossils were found, with the Greek word "sauros" meaning lizard. It marks the area that yielded this sauropod. The type species is Comahuesaurus windhauseni.

Named by

Carballido et al.

Year named

2012

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Aptian – Albian

Found in

Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina

A rebbachisaurid sauropod (Diplodocoidea). The stage range is approximate, based on the age usually given for the Lohan Cura Formation.