Bagualia: Research Database
Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown
Research Note: Bagualia was a theropoda from the Cretaceous of Unknown, providing important data on prehistoric life and ecosystem dynamics.
| Research Finding | Status | Grade | Year | Method | Citation | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gomez Carballido Pol 2021: Bagualia and related taxa Palaeontologia Electronica | Confirmed | B | 2021 | Fossil | Gomez Carballido Pol, Palaeontologia Electronica | Taxonomy |
Gomez Carballido Pol 2024: Bagualia and related taxa Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | Confirmed | C | 2024 | Fossil | Gomez Carballido Pol, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | Taxonomy |
What We Still Do Not Know About Bagualia
- Complete skeletal morphology and ecological role.
- Phylogenetic relationships within Theropoda.
- Distribution and evolutionary history.
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.
