Bagualia

DV-1094

Lived: 183 to 180 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Pol et al. 2020

Field notes

About Bagualia

Bagualia was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 183 to 180 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Bagualia, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was named by Pol et al. in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

180 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Eusauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Pol, J. Ramezani, and K. Gomez, J. L. Carballido, A. Paulina Carabajal, O. W. M. Rauhut, I. H. Escapa, N. R. Cúneo. 2020. Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 287:20202310:1-7