Amargatitanis

Say it like this: “a-MAHR-guh-tie-TAN-iss”

Amargatitanis macni

Amargatitanis ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Apesteguía, S.
Hip height: 2.7 m · 9 ft
Length: 12 m · 39 ft
Weight: 3.5 tonnes
Found in: Argentina · La Amarga
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Dicraeosauridae

The story in short

In 2007, S. Apesteguía published the name Amargatitanis. The name means “amarga giant.”

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the La Amarga Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Amargatitanis at a length near 12 m, hips about 2.7 m high, and a body mass around 3.5 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Dicraeosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Amargasaurus

Amargasaurus cazaui

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago

Athenar

Athenar bermani

Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago

Bajadasaurus

Bajadasaurus pronuspinax

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago