Genus
Valid Extinct

Ammosaurus

Marsh 1891
Etymology Reptile des sables

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Ammosaurus
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PLATE II(IX). Fig. 1. Anchisaurus colurus MARSH. All extant specimens in approximately 1/5 nat. size. Connecticut red sandstone (Upper Triassic). Manchester, Conn., USA. MARSH's original specimen, preserved at the Yale Museum, New Haven, Conn. Scale bar: 11 cm. Skull: see Pl. I [VIII], forefoot: see Pl. III [X], scapula, hindleg, and pubis: see figures in the text. © Friedrich von Huene · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Bagualosauria Unranked clade
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Plateosauria Unranked clade
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Anchisauria Unranked clade
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Prosauropoda Unranked clade
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Anchisauridae Family
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Ammosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
5 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
3
Geological formations
McCoy Brook
3
Temporal distribution
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Yaleosaurus subjective synonym of Ammosaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1891. Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42:265-269 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
N. H. Shubin, P. E. Olsen, and H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Jurassic small tetrapods from the McCoy Brook Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada. In N. C. Fraser & H.-D. Sues (eds.), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
P. E. Olsen. 1989. Stop 11.3: Wasson Bluff. Paleontology. Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America. Gulf, North Carolina, USA to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 20–30, 1989. International Geological Congress Field Trip T-351
P. E. Olsen, A. R. McCune, and K. S. Thomson. 1982. Correlation of the early Mesozoic Newark Supergroup by vertebrates, principally fishes. American Journal of Science 282:1-44 DOI ↗