Amargasaurus
"La Amarga Canyon lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Amargasaurus Salgado & Bonaparte, 1991
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. cazaui Salgado & Bonaparte, 1991
    OTHER SPECIES:
  • A. groeben Salgado & Bonaparte, 1991 [nomen nudum]
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Diplodocimorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 12 m

see also: World Records


TIME

Hauterivian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Amargasaurus had two rows of long spines along the back of its neck, possibly forming a double sail.


IMAGES

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BRENDAN SMITH

Photography

[THUMBNAIL] the neck and head of Amargasaurus cazaui, the spine-necked sauropod

CHRISTOPHER SRNKA

Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] restoration of the odd sauropod Amargasaurus cazaui (The shape of the spines is incorrect.)

MAURICIO PACHECO SUÁREZ

Pencil

[THUMBNAIL] A herd of Amargasaurus cazaui walks through the forest.

SHIRAISHI MINEO

Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] Amargasaurus cazaui, a sauropod with high neck spines

see also: Art Gallery


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