For over 25 years, Safari Ltd.® has been proud to provide this premier line of scale model, dinosaur collectibles. These award winning dinosaur replicas are authenticated by the paleontologists of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, who houses the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. Each Carnegie dinosaur can have up to 25 steps of hand painting to ensure the highest quality in the world marketplace. The scale of these dinos are either 1:20 or 1:40. Detailed educational information in 5 languages are provided with each replica. All our products are phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested to safeguard your child's health. Safari Ltd.® takes pride in providing breathtaking, innovative and value priced figures for now over 3 generations. Each January, Safari Ltd.® introduces 2 new Carnegie models to encourage the collectability of such an intriguing line. Featured is our Carnegie Collection Amargasaurus Size: 8.5" L x 3" H (21.5 x 7.5 cm). Suggested age 3+
NAME: Amargasaurus (“lizard from La Amarga [a place in Argentina]”)
KIND: Saurischia (“lizard hips”)
FOOD: Herbivore (plant eater)
WHEN: Early Cretaceous (about 125 million years ago)
WHERE: Southern South America
LENGTH: About 33 feet (10 m)
WEIGHT: About 5 tons (4,500 kg)
SCALE: 1:35
Educational Information
Amargasaurus is a sauropod (long-necked plant-eating dinosaur) that lived in what is now the Patagonia region of Argentina about 125 million years ago. It is the latest-surviving member of a peculiar group of elephant-sized sauropods called dicraeosaurids, the bones of which have so far been found only in South America and Africa. Uniquely among dinosaurs, the neck and back of Amargasaurus sported a double row of very tall spines that may have been used for display. Exactly what these spines may have supported – a pair of thin skin sails, a large hump, or some other structure – remains a puzzle to scientists.
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