Atlasaurus Monbaron et al. 1999 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell, and P. Taquet. 1999. Atlasaurus imelakei n.g., n.sp., a brachiosaurid-like sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329:519-526

Parent taxon: Macronaria according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Allain et al. 2004, Apesteguía 2005, D'Emic 2012, Ibrahim et al. 2017, Mannion et al. 2017, Mannion et al. 2013, Monbaron et al. 1999, Moser et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Taquet 2010, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch and Martin 2003, Wilson 2002 and Xing et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Apatosaurus minimus, Aragosaurus, Astrodon, Bothriospondylus robustus, Camarasauromorpha, Dashanpusaurus, Dinodocus, Dinodocus mackesoni, Galveosaurus, Titanomorpha, Titanosauriformes, Yuzhoulong

Subtaxa: Atlasaurus imelakei

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Type: Atlasaurus imelakei

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Wawmda, Tilougguit Basin (Jurassic of Morocco)

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