Amygdalodon Cabrera 1947 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative spelling: Amigdalodon

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Gravisauria according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2020

See also Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1981, Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Britt and Naylor 1994, Cabrera 1948, Carballido and Pol 2010, Carroll 1988, Casamiquela 1961, Casamiquela 1963, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, Molnar 1980, Otero and Reguero 2013, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Salgado and Coria 2005, Sanz 1986, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Barapasaurus, Cetiosaurus, Eusauropoda, Patagosaurus, Spinophorosaurus, Tazoudasaurus, Volkheimeria, Vulcanodontidae

Subtaxa: Amygdalodon patagonicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at East Slope, Sierra Pampa de Agnía (Jurassic of Argentina)

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