Genus
Valid Extinct

Amargatitanis

Apesteguía 2007

Amargatitanis is a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Barremian-aged La Amarga Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is known from a single, incomplete postcranial skeleton consisting of a partial hindlimb, ischium, and two vertebrae. These remains were unearthed by Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1983 during an expedition by the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales and later described as a new genus and species, Amargatitanis macni by Sebastián Apesteguía. The genus name comes from the words Amarga, where the fossils were collected, and titanis meaning "titan". Its species name is in reference to the MACN, where the remains are stored.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Amargatitanis
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Life restoration of Amargatitanis based on the holotype specimen and the skeletal diagram of Amargasaurus by Scott Hartman. © Levi Martinez-Reza · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Amargatitanis
Amargatitanis
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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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Flagellicaudata Unranked clade
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Dicraeosauridae Unranked clade
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Amargatitanis Genus
Measurements
Length
12 m ⓘ
Amargatitanis macni
Mass
3 100 kg ⓘ
Amargatitanis macni
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
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Geological formations
La Amarga
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Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
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Species (1)
Amargatitanis macni 126 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
S. Apesteguía. 2007. The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina). Gondwana Research 12:533-546 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Apesteguía. 2007. The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina). Gondwana Research 12:533-546 DOI ↗