Amargasaurus

Characteristics

Amargasaurus was a Flagellicaudatan meaning it was likely to have had a whip tail like Diplodocus or Rebbachisaurus. They had short necks relative to body size since they were grazers, most dicraeosaurs shared an environment with a diplodocid which were high grazers explaining their small size and short neck. Except for Amargasaurus which shared its environment with another dicraeosaur… The bones in its neck are debated for what they were; some thought it was a sail, and others thought it supported an extension of skin. But debate ended around the discovery of Bajadasaurus which also had the same bones but extending forward instead of backward.

History

Discovered in 1991. Only one skeleton was found, but it’s a valuable one, having all of the neck, two legs, and part of the tail and skull.

Media Depictions

Jurassic World Evolution 2: One of 4 New dinosaurs in the base game. Amargasaurus is a starter dinosaur that is mostly useful in challenge runs.