Genera

Amargasaurus

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Amargasaurus

“La Amarga Canyon lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Essay | Images ]

CLASSIFICATION

Amargasaurus
Salgado & Bonaparte, 1991TYPE 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

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 12 m

see also: World Records

TIME

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

A. cazaui
MACN-N 15 [holotype]: partial skull, vertebrae, scapulocoracoid, forelimb, hindlimb, ilia, astragalus

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

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

IMAGES

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

CHRISTOPHER SRNKA

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

MAURICIO PACHECO SUÁREZ

A herd of Amargasaurus cazaui walks through the forest.

SHIRAISHI MINEO

Amargasaurus cazaui, a sauropod with high neck spines