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Amygdalodon

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Amygdalodon patagonicus

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Sauropsida

Infraorder
  
Species
  
A. patagonicus

Phylum
  
Chordata

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Amygdalodon Amygdalodon Pictures amp Facts The Dinosaur Database

Similar
  
Coloradisaurus, Anoplosaurus, Ammosaurus, Campylodoniscus, Asiaceratops

Amygdalodon (/əmɪɡˈdælədɒn/; "almond tooth" for its almond shaped teeth) was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck. The dinosaur itself is from the Toarcian to Aalenian or Bajocian stage of the Jurassic (about 170 million years ago), and only a few bone fragments and teeth have been discovered. Very little is known about it, but it is one of the few Jurassic dinosaurs from South America found thus far.

Amygdalodon Amygdalodon patagonicus A Dinosaur A Day

Amygdalodon was 12 meters (50 feet) long, 4 meters (12 feet) tall. This quadrupedal dinosaur was very large, weighing over 5 tons. The type species, Amygdalodon patagonicus, was described by Cabrera in Argentina in 1947.


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Amygdalodon Wikipedia