The Amargasaurus is a large-sized terrestrial herbivore. Lumberingly slow, it is ineffective at escaping conflict, but excels in a fight thanks to its crushing stomps and thorned neck.
Description[]
Considered small for a sauropod, Amargasaurus is recognizable for its bizarrely spiked neck vertebrae. In life, this could have formed a sail, but no evidence exists of any skin attaching such structures, so it boils down to speculation.
Paleo Info[]
Amargasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous epoch (129.4–122.46 mya) of what is now Argentina. The only known skeleton was discovered in 1984 and is virtually complete, including a fragmentary skull, making Amargasaurus one of the best-known sauropods of its epoch. Amargasaurus was first described in 1991 and contains a single known species, Amargasaurus cazaui. It was a large animal, but small for a sauropod. Most distinctively, it sported two parallel rows of tall spines down its neck and back, taller than in any other known sauropod. In life, these spines could have stuck out of the body as solitary structures that supported a keratinous sheath. An alternate hypothesis, now more favored, postulates that they could have formed a scaffold supporting a skin sail. They might have been used for display, combat, or defense.
Amargasaurus was small for a sauropod measuring about 9 meters (30 to 33 feet) long and weighing 2.5 tons (2.9 short tons). However, the 9-meter estimate is older than GSP's estimate that places it at 13 meters (43 feet) and 4 metric tons, which is a more accurate size estimation as it is accurate to ScottHartman's Skeletal.
Subspecies[]
- Cazaui: +10% Armor
- Angulus: +25% Attack Knockback, Spines Cause Bleed
- Serratus: +5% Attack Damage, Spines Cause Bleed
Abilities[]
These are the Abilities currently available for Amargasaurus.
Some in-game descriptions may be inaccurate. Information presented here aims to correctly reflect in-game effects.
It can use these abilities in the following available slots:
- Head: 1
- Senses: 1
- Front Limb: 1
- Metabolism: 1
- Hide: 1
- Tail: 1
Check out dinosaur stats for more details.
| Slot | Name | Icon | Description | Damage | Unlock Cost | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character Trait | Spiked Hide | N/A | Protective spikes that inflict bleed if they are hit with an attack. Only available on the Angulus and Serratus sub-species. | 4.5 + 0.25 Bleed | FREE | - |
| Head | Headbutt | 
|
A quick headbutt attack that causes medium damage and low bleed. Can be used while running. | 40 + 0.4 Bleed | FREE | 2.5s |
| Senses | Sturdy | 
|
Immune to knockback effects. | - | 600 | - |
| Lone Survivor | 
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10% armor increase and x2 acceleration when not in a group. | - | 700 | - | |
| Front Limb | Stomp | 
|
Stomp the ground to damage all nearby targets within a 10 meter radius. Damage decreases with distance. A smaller radius affects flying and swimming targets. While stomping, you are immune to knockback and spike damage. Costs 7.5 Stamina to use. | 120 | 800 | 20s |
| Metabolism | Herbivore | 
|
Able to eat berries and fruit, moderate food drain. 0.191 hunger depletion per second, 0.176 thirst depletion per second. (Approximately 61 minutes to starving and 66 minutes to thirst damage) | - | FREE | - |
| Hide | Resilient Scales | 
|
Increases bleed and venom healing by 20%. | - | 800 | - |
| Tail | Tail Attack | 
|
A tail attack that causes light damage and knockback. | 45 + 12 Knockback | 500 | 3s |
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10,000Store Skins[]
These skins can only be acquired through the Alderon Games Store for a limited time.
Trivia[]
- The Amargasaurus is the first sauropod to be released into the game.
- It was a part of the third stretch goal, worth $57K AUD ~ $40K USD.
- Due to the controversy surrounding the neck neural spines of Amargasaurus the species 'cazaui' incorporates the theory of them being covered in flesh similar to Spinosaurus while the species 'serratus' and 'angulus' portray Amargasaurus as having keratin horns on them.
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