Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae
Synonym: Amargasaurus groeberi Bonaparte 1984 [replaced name]
Full reference: L. Salgado and J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Un nuevo saurópodo Dicraeosauridae, Amargasaurus cazaui gen. et sp. nov., de la Formación La Amarga, Neocomiano de la provincia del Neuquén, Argentina [Amargasaurus cazaui gen. et sp. nov., a new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the La Amarga Formation, Neocomian of Neuquén province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):333-346
Belongs to Amargasaurus according to G. J. Windholz et al. 2021
See also Apesteguía 2007, Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1996, Calvo and Porfiri 2010, Calvo and Salgado 1995, Carrano 2025, Coria et al. 2012, Coria et al. 2013, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Gallina et al. 2019, González Riga and Astini 2007, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012, Harris 2006, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Mocho et al. 2014, Molnar 1992, Novas 1997, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2013, Ren et al. 2021, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Salgado 1999, Salgado and Bonaparte 1991, Salgado and Calvo 1992, Salgado and Coria 2005, Schwarz-Wings and Böhm 2014, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Amargasaurus cazaui: MACN-N 15, a skeleton. Its type locality is La Amarga (main site), which is in a Barremian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the La Amarga Formation of Argentina.
- Amargasaurus groeberi: Its type locality is La Amarga (main site), which is in a Barremian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the La Amarga Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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