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- Amargasaurus abstract "Amargasaurus (/əˌmɑrɡəˈsɔrəs/; "La Amarga lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous epoch (129.4–122.46 mya) of what is now Argentina. The only known skeleton was discovered in 1984 and described in 1991, forming the holotype specimen of the single species Amargasaurus cazaui. The skeleton is nearly complete, including a fragmentary skull, making Amargasaurus one of the best-known sauropods from the Early Cretaceous. Amargasaurus was small for a sauropod, reaching 9 to 10 meters (30 to 33 feet) in length. It sported two parallel rows of tall spines down its neck and back, taller than in any other known sauropod. It is unclear how these spines appeared in life—they could have supported skin sails or stuck out of the body as solitary structures supporting a keratinous sheath. They might have been used for display, combat, or defense.Amargasaurus was discovered in sedimentary rocks of the La Amarga Formation, which dates back to the Barremian and late Aptian of the Early Cretaceous epoch. It shared its environment with at least three other sauropod genera, which might have exploited different food sources in order to reduce competition. Amargasaurus probably fed at mid-height, as shown by the orientation of its inner ear and the articulation of its neck vertebrae, which suggest a habitual position of the snout some 80 centimeters (31 inches) above the ground and a maximum height of 2.7 meters (8.9 feet). Within the Sauropoda, Amargasaurus is closely related to the Late Jurassic genera Dicraeosaurus, Brachytrachelopan and Suuwassea. Together, these genera form the family Dicraeosauridae, which differ from other sauropods in showing very short necks and small body sizes.".
- Amargasaurus binomialAuthority Leonardo_Salgado.
- Amargasaurus class Sauropsida.
- Amargasaurus family Dicraeosauridae.
- Amargasaurus family Diplodocoidea.
- Amargasaurus kingdom Animal.
- Amargasaurus order Dinosaur.
- Amargasaurus order Saurischia.
- Amargasaurus order Sauropoda.
- Amargasaurus order Sauropodomorpha.
- Amargasaurus phylum Chordate.
- Amargasaurus thumbnail Amargasaurus1_Melb_Museum_email.jpg?width=300.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageExternalLink www.paleoglot.org.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageExternalLink Salgado&Bona_91.pdf.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageID "3533321".
- Amargasaurus wikiPageLength "32846".
- Amargasaurus wikiPageOutDegree "159".
- Amargasaurus wikiPageRevisionID "682338275".
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Amargastegos.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Amargasuchus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Amargatitanis.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ameghiniana.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Anatomical_terms_of_location.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greek.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Antorbital_fenestra.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Aptian.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Argentina.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Arroyo_(creek).
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ball-and-socket_joint.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ball_and_socket_joint.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Barremian.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bending_moment.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bernardino_Rivadavia_Natural_Sciences_Museum.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bird_anatomy.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bison.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bovid.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bovidae.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Brachytrachelopan.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Brachytrachelopan_mesai.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Braided_river.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Buenos_Aires.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink CT-scan.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink CT_scan.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Carnotaurus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cretaceous_dinosaurs.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dicraeosaurids.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dinosaurs_of_South_America.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fossil_taxa_described_in_1991.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ceratosauria.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Cervical_vertebrae.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Clade.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Cladotheria.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Conglomerate_(geology).
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Coracoid.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Cretaceous.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Crocodylomorph.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Crocodylomorpha.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Diapsid.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dicraeosauridae.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dicraeosaurus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dicraeosaurus_hansemanni.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dimetrodon.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dinosaur.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Diplodocid.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Diplodocidae.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Diplodocoidea.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Diplodocus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dyslocosaurus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dyslocosaurus_polyonychius.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dystrophaeus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dystrophaeus_viaemalae.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Early_Cretaceous.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Endocast.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Fontanelle.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Geologic_formation.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Geological_formation.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Geologist.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Gregory_Paul.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Gregory_S._Paul.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Hair_cell.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Holotype.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Horse_gait.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ilium_(bone).
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Infratemporal_fenestra.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Inner_ear.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Jorge_O._Calvo.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Jose_Bonaparte.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink José_Bonaparte.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Keratin.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink La_Amarga_Formation.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Lagena.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Late_Jurassic.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Leonardo_Salgado.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ligabueino.
- Amargasaurus wikiPageWikiLink Macronaria.