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Rebbachisauridae

Agustinia ligabuei ɑːɡuh-STIHNEEUH

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Agustinia 15 m (49 ft) long
as long as 9 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Agustinia
Length
15 m (49 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (116–108 Mya)
Place
South America · Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae
Agustinia reconstruction by Atlantis536
Reconstruction · Atlantis536 (CC0)

Agustinia () is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South America. The genus contains a single species, A. ligabuei, known from a single specimen that was recovered from the Lohan Cura Formation of Neuquén Province in Argentina. It lived about 116–108 million years ago, in the Aptian–Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous Period.

What we know

  • Named by Bonaparte, 1999.
  • Body length estimated at about 15 m.
  • Fossils found in South America and Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Agustinia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.