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
Belongs to Atlasaurus according to G. Bindellini and C. Dal Sasso 2021
See also Apesteguía et al. 2021, D'Emic 2012, Knoll et al. 2012, Marty et al. 2010, Mocho et al. 2014, Monbaron et al. 1999, Rauhut 2015, Taquet 2010, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Musée des sciences de la Terre de Rabat (no number), a skeleton. Its type locality is Wawmda, Tilougguit Basin, which is in a Bathonian wet floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the Guettioua Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 690.0, humerus circumference 565.0
Estimated body mass: 24.1 tons based on femur circumference and humerus circumference
Distribution: found only at Wawmda, Tilougguit Basin
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