Name: Amargasaurus (Amarga lizard).
Phonetic: A-mar-gah-sore-us.
Named By: Leonardo Salgado & José Bonaparte - 1991.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Dicraeosauridae.
Species: A. cazaui (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 10 meters long.
Known locations: Argentina, Neuquén province - La Amarga Formation.
Time period: Barremian to Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Quite well preserved individual that includes a partial skull, left fore and aft limb, left ilium, right shoulder, all cervical (neck), dorsal (back), sacral (sacrum) and some caudal (tail) vertebrae.
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