Atlasaurus imelakei
"giant"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Atlasaurus 15 m (49 ft) long
as long as 9 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (167.7–164.7 Mya)
- Place
- Africa · Morocco
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Atlasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from Middle Jurassic (Bathonian to Callovian stages) beds in North Africa.
What we know
- Named by Monbaron, Russell & Taquet, 1999.
- Body length estimated at about 15 m.
- Fossils found in Africa and Morocco.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Atlasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.