Amargatitanis

Amargatitanis Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda (unranked): Titanosauria Genus: Amargatitanis Apesteguía, 2007
Species
A. macni Apesteguía, 2007

Amargatitanis (meaning "Amarga giant") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur (a type of large, long-necked quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur) from the Barremian-age (Lower Cretaceous) La Amarga Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on specimens MACN PV N51, 53, and 34, which were collected in 1983 and consist of six tail vertebrae, a shoulder blade, a thighbone, and an astragalus, found associated. Among other details, it had a relatively robust, wide, flat shoulder blade.[1]

References

1. ^ Apesteguía, Sebastián (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research 12 (4): 533–546. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.007.

Dinosaurs