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Dinosaur: Amargasaurus cazaui
| Length*: | 13.5 m | 44.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 3.5 t | 7,716 lb |
| Speed: | 14 km/h | 9 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Salgado & Bonaparte
Year: 1991
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: La Amarga
Locations
Sources
Material: Virtually complete skeleton, including a fragmentary skull.
References: Salgado, L.; Bonaparte, J. F. (1991). "Un nuevo sauropodo Dicraeosauridae, Amargasaurus cazaui gen. et sp. nov., de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina".
