Dinopedia

Amargasaurus

Type of Dinosaur:

sauropod

Length:

12 Meters

Weight:

9000 Kilograms

Diet:

herbivorous

Era:

Early Cretaceous, 132-127 million years ago

Location:

Argentina

Taxonomy:

Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Dicraeosauridae

Named By:

Salgado and Bonaparte (1991)

Type of Species:

cazaui

Description:

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.