Amygdalodon

Pronunciation:
am-ig-dal-oh-don
Name meaning:
'almond tooth'
Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
15.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Mid Jurassic, 177-169 million years ago
Found in:
Argentina

Amygdalodon is known from a single partial skeleton.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda
Named by:
Cabrera (1947)
Type species:
patagonicus

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