Atsinganosaurus Atsinganosaurus

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You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Atsinganosaurus 12 m (39 ft) long
7 people holding hands
Length
12 m (39 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72–70 Mya)
Place
Europe · France
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

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

What we know

  • Named by Garcia et al., 2010.
  • Body length estimated at about 12 m.
  • Fossils found in Europe and France.