Genus
Valid Extinct

Agustinia

Bonaparte 1999
Etymology (en l'honneur) d'Agustin (Martinelli)

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Agustinia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade
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Agustinia Genus
Measurements
Length
16,7 m ⓘ
Agustinia ligabuei
Mass
9 800 kg ⓘ
Agustinia ligabuei
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
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Geological formations
Lohan Cura
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Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Agustinia ligabuei 113 Ma
Images 6
Bibliography
Original description
J. F. Bonaparte. 1999. An armoured sauropod from the Aptian of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:1-12
Bibliography (1)
J. F. Bonaparte. 1999. An armoured sauropod from the Aptian of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:1-12