Comahuesaurus
| Comahuesaurus | |
|---|---|
| Skeletal reconstruction of C. windhauseni based on several specimens including the holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
| Family: | †Rebbachisauridae |
| Genus: | †Comahuesaurus Carballido et al. 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Comahuesaurus windhauseni Carballido et al. 2012 | |
Comahuesaurus (meaning "Comahue lizard", after the region in which it was found) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the family Rebbachisauridae. It was found in the Lohan Cura Formation, in Argentina and lived during the Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian. The type species is C. windhauseni, named for Anselmo Windhausen, who contributed significantly to the geological study of Patagonia.