Alternative combination: Ampelosaurus atacus
Full reference: J. Le Loeuff. 1995. Ampelosaurus atacis (nov, gen., nov. sp.), un nouveau Titanosauridae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) du Crétacé supérieur de la Haute Vallée de l'Aude (France) [Ampelosaurus atacis (nov, gen., nov. sp.), a new titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Upper Aude Valley (France)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série IIa 321:693-699
Belongs to Ampelosaurus according to L. Salgado and I. S. Carvalho 2008
See also Apesteguía 2005, Buffetaut 2005, Company 2011, Company et al. 2015, Curry Rogers 2005, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2021, Díez Díaz et al. 2014, Díez Díaz and Pereda Suberbiola 2010, Díez Díaz et al. 2011, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2013, Garcia et al. 2010, García et al. 2015, Klein et al. 2009, Laurent et al. 2001, Le Loeuff 1995, Le Loeuff 1997, Le Loeuff 1998, Le Loeuff 2005, Le Loeuff 2010, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1996, Malkani 2007, Navarro et al. 2022, Páramo et al. 2020, Páramo et al. 2016, Powell 2003, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Salgado 2003, Salgado and Coria 2005, Tortosa et al. 2010, Upchurch et al. 2004, Vila et al. 2012, Vila et al. 2008 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MDE C3-247, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Bellevue, locality C3 (C III), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial marl/conglomerate in the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation of France.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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