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Amargasaurus
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This dinosaur had a double row of spines along its back which may have supported a twin ‘sail’ of skin. The spines on its neck vertebrae were incredibly long.
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- Pronounced
- A-MARG-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Amarga lizard
- Length
- 12m
- Height
- 3m - 4m
- Weight
- 9000kg
- Teeth
- teeth for grinding and chewing
- Diet
- herbivorous
- Food
- tough plants
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(132 - 127 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Dicraeosauridae, Amargasaurus
- Named by
- Salgado and Bonaparte (1991)
- Type species
- cazaui