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long-neck giant
Ampelosaurus
Say it like this: “AM-pi-loh-SOR-uhs”
Ampelosaurus atacis
Ampelosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1995 · Le Loeuff, J.
- Hip height
- 3.2 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 8–10 tonnes
- Found in
- France · Marnes Rouges Inférieures
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lirainosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Ampelosaurus dates to 1995, the year J. Le Loeuff described it. The name means “vine lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Ampelosaurus at a length near 15 m, hips about 3.2 m high, and a body mass around 8–10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Lirainosaurinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atsinganosaurus
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Garrigatitan
Garrigatitan meridionalis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Lirainosaurus
Lirainosaurus astibiae
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago