| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Amygdalodon |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated without evidence | Cabrera, 1948 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosaurinae | implied | Romer, 1956 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated without evidence | Casamiquela, 1963 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Sauropoda | stated with evidence | Tatarinov, 1964 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | implied | Romer, 1966 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Camarasauridae | stated without evidence | Swinton, 1970 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosaurinae | stated without evidence | Steel, 1970 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosaurinae | stated with evidence | Bonaparte, 1978 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated without evidence | Molnar, 1980 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Camarasauridae | stated without evidence | Sanz, 1986 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated with evidence | Bonaparte, 1986 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated without evidence | Bonaparte, 1986 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated with evidence | McIntosh, 1990 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosaurinae | stated with evidence | McIntosh, 1990 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated without evidence | Britt and Naylor, 1994 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated with evidence | Upchurch, 1995 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Cetiosauridae | stated without evidence | Upchurch, 1995 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Eusauropoda | stated with evidence | Wilson, 2002 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Eusauropoda | stated without evidence | Salgado and Coria, 2005 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Sauropoda | stated with evidence | Carballido and Pol, 2010 | | Amygdalodon | genus | belongs to Sauropoda | stated without evidence | Otero and Reguero, 2013 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 180 - 172 Ma
Jurassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 180 - 172 Ma
Jurassic |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | 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 |
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| Cabrera A. (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 |
| Romer A. S. (1956) , Osteology of the Reptiles, University of Chicago Press, 1-772 |
| Tatarinov L. P. (1964) Nadotryad Dinosauria. Dinozavry [Superorder Dinosauria. Dinosaurs], Osnovy Paleontologii [Fundamentals of Paleontology] 12, 523-589 |
| Romer A. S. (1966) , Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd edition, 1-468 |
| Steel R. (1970) Part 14. Saurischia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-87 |
| Swinton W. E. (1970) , The Dinosaurs, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1-331 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1978) El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods], Opera Lilloana 26, 1-596 |
| Molnar R. E. (1980) Australian late Mesozoic continental tetrapods: some implications, Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 139, 131-143 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1981) Inventario de los vertebrados Jurásicos de América del Sur [Inventory of the Jurassic vertebrates of South America], Cuencas Sedimentarias del Jurásico y Cretácico de América del Sur 2, 661-684 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1984) I dinosauri dell’Argentina [, Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri, 125-143 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1986) The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebral anatomy, The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 247-258 |
| Sanz J. L. (1986) Nouveaux gisements de dinosaures dans le Crétacé espagnol [New dinosaur localities in the Spanish Cretaceous], Les Dinosaures de La Chine à La France, Colloque International de Paléontologie, Toulouse, France, 2-6 Septembre 1985; Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse, 81-88 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| McIntosh J. S. (1990) Species determination in sauropod dinosaurs with tentative suggestions for their classification, Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 53-69 |
| Wilson J. A. (2002) Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136, 217-276 |
| Upchurch P., Barrett P. M., et al (2004) Sauropoda, The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 259-322 |
| Carballido J. L., Pol D. (2010) The dentition of Amygdalodon patagonicus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and the dental evolution in basal sauropods, Comptes Rendus Palevol 9, 83-93 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.01.003 |
| Otero A., Reguero M. (2013) Dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) at Museo de La Plata, Argentina: annotated catalogue of the type material and Antarctic specimens, Palaeontologia Electronica 16 1, 3T:1-24 |
Amygdalodon ✝
