Amargasaurus Gallery

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About Amargasaurus

Scientific Name (Genus) Amargasaurus
Meaning of Name La Amarga Canyon lizard
La Amarga Formation [place name] - sauros (lizard) [Greek]
Classification Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Dicraeosauridae
Total Length Approx. 12m
Diet Herbivorous
Period Early Cretaceous (approx. 130-120 million years ago)
Species Name Amargasaurus cazaui
Year of Paper Publication 1991
Genus Name Publication Salgado, L.; Bonaparte, J. F. (1991). Un nuevo sauropodo Dicraeosauridae, Amargasaurus cazaui gen. et sp. nov., de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina.
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