Agustinia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Agustinia |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Somphospondyli |
| Family: | †Agustiniidae Bonaparte, 1999 |
| Genus: | †Agustinia Bonaparte, 1999 |
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| †Agustinia ligabuei Bonaparte, 1999
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Agustinia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur with a type of armour unique to Agustinia individuals only. It lived about 116 to 100 million years ago in Argentina. The type species (Agustinia lugabuei) is named in honour of Dr. Giancarlo Ligabue, the discoverer of Augustinia. The original generic name was "Augustia", which, as it turned out, was already preoccupied by a beetle (see also: Megapnosaurus, Protognathosaurus).
Images for kids
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An outdated restoration of Agustinia showing spikey osteoderms, now believed to be fragments of rib and hip bones.
See also
In Spanish: Agustinia ligabuei para niños
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