Amygdalodon patagonicus əmihɡ-DALUHDON
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Amygdalodon 12 m (39 ft) long
7 people holding hands
- Length
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (180–172 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Amygdalodon (; “almond tooth” for its almond shaped teeth) is an extinct genus of basal sauropod from the Early Jurassic of Argentina. The type species is Amygdalodon patagonicus. Fossils of Amygdalodon have been found in the Toarcian-aged Cerro Carnerero Formation (about 180-172 million years ago). Very little is known about it, but it is one of the few Jurassic dinosaurs from South America found thus far.
What we know
- Named by Cabrera, 1947.
- Body length estimated at about 12 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.