GC3B1ND Dinosaur Train Geocache: Amargasaurus (Traditional Cache) in New Jersey, United States created by Chinster

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: From the Northern Region Office, New Jersey State Parks Department:

Over a year ago New Jersey enacted a policy that all geocachers must obtain a permit to have their cache on State Park property. We have informed all geocaching host that this is their responsibility and have given them ample time to go about getting their permits. At this time, over a year later, there are still several caches that haven’t complied.

We ask that as the land managers for the attached properties we would like to have these illegal caches removed.

Based on the list provided by the state, I am forced to archive this listing. If you have a permit, get a permit or don't believe your cache is on state park/forest land, please contact me via email. Make sure you include the GC code.

If you don't plan to get a permit, please remove your geocache so it doesn't become geo-trash.

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A cache by Chinster Message this owner

Hidden : 2/8/2012

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Dinosaur Train Geocache: Amargasaurus

Amargasaurus (named from La Armaga, a canyon in Argentina where the fossil was found) was a sauropod from the early Cretaceous period. This plant-eater was about 33 feet (10 m) long and weighed roughly 5000 kg. It had 2 rows of spines growing out along its backbone along its neck, body, and tail. These spines may have had a covering of skin forming a sail (or two). If so, this sail might have been a thermoregulatory structure, used to absorb and release heat, for mating and dominance rituals, and/or for making it look much larger than it was to predators. Otherwise, the spines may have been useful as protection. Amargasaurus was a quadruped (it walked on four legs), had a small head, a long neck and a very long tail.

Amargasaurus was an herbivore (it ate only plants). It must have eaten a large amount of plant material each day to sustain itself. It swallowed leaves whole, without chewing them, and may have had gastroliths (stomach stones) in its stomach to help digest this tough plant material. It had blunt teeth, useful for stripping foliage.

Amargasaurus may have travelled in herds and may have migrated when they depleted their local food supply, like other diplodocids. Amargasaurus probably hatched from eggs like other sauropods. Sauropod eggs (from other species, not Amargasaurus) have been found in a linear pattern and not in nests; presumably the eggs were laid as the animal was walking. It is thought that sauropods did not take care of their eggs. Sauropod life spans may have been on the order of 100 years.

"Go outside, get into nature and make your own discoveries!" That is what Dr. Scott challenges his viewers to do at the end of each Dinosaur Train episode.

For more information on this educational outreach initiative please visit the Dinosaur Train Geocaching.com Page

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