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Amargasaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Amargasaurus Bonaparte p. 136 figs. 1-13
1991Amargasaurus Salgado and Bonaparte
1992Amargasaurus Molnar p. 265
1992Amargasaurus Salgado and Calvo p. 337
1995Amargasaurus Calvo and Salgado p. 30 fig. 18
1995Amargasaurus Upchurch p. 253
1996Amargasaurus Bonaparte pp. 96-97
1996Amargosaurus Chatterjee and Rudra p. 515
1996Amargasaurus Jacobs et al. p. 602
1996Amargasaurus Wilson and Smith p. 73A
1997Amargasaurus McIntosh p. 657
1997Amargasaurus Novas p. 684
1997Amargasaurus Sereno p. 453
1998Amargasaurus Wilson and Sereno p. 17
1999Amargasaurus Bonaparte p. 154
1999Amargasaurus Salgado p. 204
2002Amargasaurus Wilson p. 240 fig. 13
2003Amargasaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 295
2004Amargasaurus Harris and Dodson p. 207 fig. 4
2004Amargasaurus Upchurch et al. p. 264
2005Amargasaurus Gallina and Apesteguía p. 159 fig. 5
2005Amargasaurus Rauhut et al. p. 672 fig. 2
2005Amargasaurus Salgado and Coria p. 435
2005Amargasaurus Taylor and Naish p. 3
2006Amargasaurus Remes p. 664 fig. 9
2006Amargasaurus Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9
2007Amargasaurus Apesteguía p. 539
2009Amargasaurus Wilson et al. p. 27
2010Amargasaurus Ksepka and Norell
2010Amargasaurus Suteethorn et al.
2011Amargasaurus Whitlock
2012Amargasaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 226
2012Amargasaurus Mannion et al.
2013Amargasaurus Pereda-Suberbiola et al. p. 66
2013Amargasaurus Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11
2014Amargasaurus Mocho et al.
2015Amargasaurus Xing et al.
2018Amargasaurus Xu et al.
2019Amargasaurus Gallina et al. p. 6
2019Amargasaurus Mannion et al.
2021Amargasaurus Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 5
2021Amargasaurus Windholz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Diplodocoidea()
Diplodocimorpha
Flagellicaudata
Dicraeosauridae()
genusAmargasaurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Amargasaurus Bonaparte 1984
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Amargasaurus cazaui Salgado and Bonaparte 1991
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Invalid names: Amargasaurus groeberi Bonaparte 1984 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Maximum body mass: 30000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10000 kgg
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-08-24 13:41:24
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:41:24
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: Barremian or 129.40000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. cazaui (213290) A. groeberi (13333)