Dinosaur: Ampelosaurus atacis
Length*: | 16 m | 52.5 ft |
Weight*: | 15 tons | 33,069 lb |
ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Le Loeuff
Year: 1995
Area: Europe
Country: France
Region: Occitania
Formation: Marnes Rouges Inferieures, Gres de Saint-Chinian,
Gres de Labarre
Other
Material: Over 500 bones, at least a dozen specimens.
References: Le Loeuff, J. (1995). "Ampelosaurus atacis (nov. gen., nov. sp.), un nouveau Titanosauridae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) du Crétacé supérieur de la Haute Vallée de l'Aude (France)".
Le Loeuff, J. (2005). "Osteology of Ampelosaurus atacis (Titanosauria) from Southern France".
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