Classification
Dinosauria
Unranked clade
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Saurischia
Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha
Unranked clade
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Massopoda
Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes
Unranked clade
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Sauropoda
Unranked clade
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Gravisauria
Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda
Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda
Unranked clade
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Macronaria
Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes
Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli
Unranked clade
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Titanosauria
Unranked clade
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Eutitanosauria
Unranked clade
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Lirainosaurinae
Unranked clade
Fossil sites 17 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
2
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
15
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
V. Díez Díaz, G. Garcia, and X. Pereda Suberbiola, B. Jentgen-Ceschino, K. Stein, P. Godefroit, X. Valentin. 2018. The titanosaurian dinosaur Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France: New material, phylogenetic affinities, and palaeobiogeographical implications. Cretaceous Research 91:429-456
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G. Garcia, S. Amico, and F. Fournier, E. Thouand, X. Valentin. 2010. A new titanosaur genus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its paleobiogeographic implications. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 181(3):269-277
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J. Company, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and J. I. Ruiz-Omenaca. 2009. Nuevos restos fosiles del dinosaurio Lirainosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano) de la Península Ibérica. Ameghiniana 46(2):391-405
F. Ortega and A. Pérez García. 2009. cf. Lirainosaurus sp. (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior de Sacedón (Guadalajara). Geogaceta 46:87-90
X. Pereda-Suberbiola, H. Asibia, and X. Murelaga, J. J. Elzorza, J. J. Gomez-Alday. 2000. Taphonomy of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur-bearing beds of the Lano Quarry (Iberian Peninsula). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 157:247-275
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E. Buffetaut. 1998. First evidence of enantiornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe: postcranial bones from Cruzy (Hérault, southern France). Oryctos 1:131-136
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