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long-neck giant
Atsinganosaurus
Say it like this: “at-sin-ga-no-sor-us”
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis
Atsinganosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Garcia, G.; Amico, S.; Fournier, F.; Thouand, E.; Valentin, X.
- Hip height
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 5.4–14 m · 18–46 ft
- Weight
- 2.5–5.3 tonnes
- Found in
- France · Argiles et Grès à Reptiles
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lirainosaurinae
The story in short
In 2010, G. Garcia and colleagues published the name Atsinganosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Atsinganosaurus at a length near 5.4–14 m, hips about 1.7 m high, and a body mass around 2.5–5.3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Lirainosaurinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ampelosaurus
Ampelosaurus atacis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 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