Anchisauria Dinosauria Europe Eusaurischia Eusauropoda Eutitanosauria Gravisauria Late Cretaceous Lirainosaurinae Lithostrotia Macronaria Massopoda Neosauropoda Plateosauria Saurischia Sauropoda Sauropodiformes Sauropodomorpha Somphospondyli Titanosauria Titanosauriformes

Ampelosaurus atacis

Dinosaur: Ampelosaurus atacis

Cretaceous: 83.6–66 Ma

Type: Sauropod

*Length:**	16 m	52.5 ft
*Weight:**	15 tons	33,069 lb

ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Europe

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Le Loeuff
Year: 1995

Distribution

Area: Europe
Country: France
Region: Occitania
Formation: Marnes Rouges Inferieures, Gres de Saint-Chinian, Gres de Labarre

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Titanosauria
Eutitanosauria
Lithostrotia
Lirainosaurinae

Sources

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".

Locations

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