Bagualia

Say it like this: “bag-WAH-lee-uh”

Bagualia alba

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

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When: Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago
Named in: 2020 · Pol, D.; Ramezani, J.; Gomez, K.; Carballido, J. L.; Carabajal, A. P.; Rauhut, O. W. M.; Escapa, I. H.; Cúneo, N. R.
Hip height: 2.9 m · 10 ft
Length: 9.5 m · 31 ft
Weight: 2.8 tonnes
Found in: Argentina · Cañadón Asfalto
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Eusauropoda

The story in short

Bagualia was formally named in 2020 by D. Pol and colleagues. The name means “wild horse.”

Fossils referred to Bagualia date to the Early Jurassic (Toarcian), roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Bagualia at a length near 9.5 m, hips about 2.9 m high, and a body mass around 2.8 tonnes.

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

Close relatives

Algoasaurus

Algoasaurus bauri

Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago

Atlasaurus

Atlasaurus imelakei

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago

Bellusaurus

Bellusaurus sui

Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago