Bagualia

Bah-gwa-le-ah.
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Liam Carter

Paleoanthropologist

Liam Carter explores the roots of humanity by studying early human fossils and artifacts. His ground-breaking work has provided a deeper understanding of our ancestors' lifestyles and social structures.

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Name

Bagualia ‭(‬wild horse‭)‬.

Phonetic

Bah-gwa-le-ah.

Named By

D.‭ ‬Pol,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Ramezani,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Gomez,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Carballido,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Paulina Carabajal,‭ ‬O.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Rauhut,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Escapa‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬C�neo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilai,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Eusauropoda.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬alba‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of remains,‭ ‬but roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬12‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ca�adon Asfalto Formation.

Time Period

Early Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of the skull and partial post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Bagualia is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in South America during the early Jurassic.‭ ‬Although no way near as large as the sauropods of the late Jurassic,‭ ‬Bagualia was still well on the road to growing to large sizes,‭ ‬and‭ ‬much larger than the more primitive sauropods and sauropodomorph dinosaurs of the late Triassic.‭

Further Reading

Further reading -‭ ‬Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Royal Society B:‭ ‬Biological Sciences.‭ ‬287‭ (‬1939‭)‬:‭ ‬Article ID‭ ‬20202310.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Pol,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Ramezani,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Gomez,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Carballido,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Paulina Carabajal,‭ ‬O.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Rauhut,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Escapa‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬C�neo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020. – The axial skeleton of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia. – Palaeontologia Electronica. – Kevin Leonel Gomez, Jose Luis Carballido & Diego Pol – 2021.

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