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Amygdolodon
Conservation status
	Template:StatusFossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Family:	Cetiosauridae
Genus:	Amygdalodon
Species:	A. patagonicus
Binomial name
	Amygdalodon patagonicus; Cabrera, 1947

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Amygdalodon (IPA: /ɑˈmɪgdɑloʊdɑn/) meaning "almond tooth", because its teeth were shaped like almonds (Greek amygdale = almond + odon = tooth) was a herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck. Its name is a nomen dubium. The dinosaur itself is from the Bajocian period of the Jurassic, and only from a few bone fragments and teeth have been discovered. Very little is known about it, but it is one of the only Jurassic dinosaurs from South America found thus far.

Amygdalodon was 15 meters (50 feet) long, 4 meters (12 feet) tall. It was very large, weighing as much as 24 tons. It walked on all fours.

Amygdalodon was discovered by Cabrera in Argentina in 1947.

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-'''''Amygdalodon''''' (ah-MIG-dah-low-don) meaning "[[almond]] tooth", because its teeth were shaped like almonds ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''amygdale'' = almond + ''odon'' = tooth) was a [[herbivore|herbivorous]] [[dinosaur]] with a long neck.  Its name is a [[nomen dubium]].  The dinosaur itself is from the [[Bajocian]] period of the [[Jurassic]], and only from a few bone fragments and teeth have been discovered.  Very little is known about it, but it is one of the only Jurassic dinosaurs from [[South America]] found thus far.
+'''''Amygdalodon''''' ([[IPA chart for English|IPA]]: {{IPA|/ɑˈmɪgdɑloʊdɑn/}}) meaning "[[almond]] tooth", because its teeth were shaped like almonds ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''amygdale'' = almond + ''odon'' = tooth) was a [[herbivore|herbivorous]] [[dinosaur]] with a long neck.  Its name is a [[nomen dubium]].  The dinosaur itself is from the [[Bajocian]] period of the [[Jurassic]], and only from a few bone fragments and teeth have been discovered.  Very little is known about it, but it is one of the only Jurassic dinosaurs from [[South America]] found thus far.
 ''Amygdalodon'' was 15 [[meter]]s (50 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]) long, 4 meters (12 feet) tall.  It was very large, weighing as much as 24 tons. It walked on all fours.