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AMARGATITANIS
(ah-mar-gah-tie-tan-iss)
meaning: "Amarga titan"
Named By: Sebastian Apestegula in 2007
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: Argentina. Neuquen Province - La Amarga Formation
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): 6 caudal (tail) vertebrae, shoulder blade, femur and an astralgus (talos/ankle bone)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauria |
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Amargatitanis (meaning "Amarga giant") is a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur (a type of large, long-necked quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur) from the Barremian-age (Lower Cretaceous) La Amarga Formation of Neuquen, Argentina.

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