Agustinia

Named for Agustín (Martinelli)

• Agustín · Spanish · personal name of Agustín Martinelli, the discoverer
• -ia · Latin · Latin suffix used to form a name

Agustinia honours Agustín Martinelli, who discovered the fossils in Argentina. The name is a Latinised form of his first name with the suffix -ia. The type species, A. ligabuei, was named for Giancarlo Ligabue, who supported the expedition. The animal is notable for unusual rows of bony spikes and plates along its back.

Named by

Bonaparte

Year named

1998

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Aptian – Albian

Found in

Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina

A sauropod (probably a titanosauriform). Valid genus, known from incomplete remains. Its armour-like dermal elements are unusual for a sauropod, and how they were arranged is uncertain.