Amygdalodon patagonicus əmihɡ-DALUHDON
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Amygdalodon 12 m (39 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (180–172 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Amygdalodon — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.