Amygdalodon

DV-0171 · type species Amygdalodon patagonicus

Lived: 193 to 183 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 15 m (49 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Cabrera 1947

Field notes

About Amygdalodon

Amygdalodon was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 193 to 183 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Amygdalodon, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cerro Carnerero Formation. It was named by Cabrera in 1947.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Amygdalodon?

Amygdalodon: about 15 m (49 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Close relatives

Other members of Gravisauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Cabrera. 1947. Un saurópodo nuevo del Jurásico de Patagonia. Instituto del Museo de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Notas del Mueso de La Plata, Paleontología 12(95):1-17