Genus
Valid Extinct

Atsinganosaurus

Garcia et al. 2010
Etymology Lézard Tzigane ou Gitan (une allusion à l’existence au Crétacé d’une migration entre l’Ouest et l’Est de l’Europe pour ce groupe de titanosaure).

Atsinganosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which existed in what is now France during the Late Cretaceous. Well-preserved remains of Atsinganosaurus were collected from the Grès à Reptiles Formation of the Aix-en-Provence Basin. The type and only species is A. velauciensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Atsinganosaurus
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Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (VBN 93.01), late Campanian, Velaux-La Bastide Neuve, Bouches-de-Rhône, southern France. Posterior dorsal vertebra, right lateral view. Scale bar equals 10 cm. © Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Ősi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Stephen L. Brusatte · CC BY 3.0 · 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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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
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Atsinganosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
14,5 m ⓘ
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis
Mass
11 000 kg ⓘ
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗