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Ampelosaurus atacis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ampelosaurus atacis was named by Le Loeuff (1995). Its type specimen is MDE C3-247, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff p. 695 figs. 2-4
1996Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 1
1997Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff p. 454
1998Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff p. 55
2001Ampelosaurus atacis Laurent et al. p. 663
2002Ampelosaurus atacis Wilson p. 248
2003Ampelosaurus atacis Powell p. 75
2003Ampelosaurus atacis Salgado p. 442
2004Ampelosaurus atacis Upchurch et al. p. 268
2005Ampelosaurus atacis Apesteguía p. 250
2005Ampelosaurus atacis Buffetaut p. 44
2005Ampelosaurus atacis Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff p. 118
2005Ampelosaurus atacis Salgado and Coria p. 446
2006Ampelosaurus atacis Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S2
2007Ampelosaurus atacus Malkani
2008Ampelosaurus atacis Salgado and Carvalho p. 899
2008Ampelosaurus atacis Vila et al. p. 127
2009Ampelosaurus atacis Klein et al. p. 226
2010Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz and Pereda Suberbiola p. 30
2010Ampelosaurus atacis Garcia et al. p. 269
2010Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff p. 50
2010Ampelosaurus atacis Tortosa et al. p. 84
2011Ampelosaurus atacis Company p. 75
2011Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz et al. p. 521
2011Ampelosaurus atacis Saegusa and Tomida p. 257
2012Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz et al. p. 626
2012Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz et al. p. 265
2012Ampelosaurus atacis Vila et al. p. 26
2013Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz et al. p. 147
2014Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz et al. p. 285
2015Ampelosaurus atacis Company et al. p. 72
2015Ampelosaurus atacis García et al. p. 44
2016Ampelosaurus atacis Páramo et al. p. 108
2020Ampelosaurus atacis Páramo et al. p. 370
2021Ampelosaurus atacis Díez Díaz et al. p. 2998
2022Ampelosaurus atacis Navarro et al. p. 335

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Eutitanosauria
—Lirainosaurinae
genusAmpelosaurus
speciesatacis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Le Loeuff 1995dents faiblement spatulées; extrémité distale de l'épine neurale des vertèbres dorsales élargie latéralement; arc neural des vertèbres dorsales fortement incliné vers l'arrière; absence d'expansion distale de la lame scapulaire; légère crête ventrale de la scapula; présence d'ostéodermes (plaques, bulbes, épines).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Ampelosaurus atacis (169878)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Titanosauria indet. (89990)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Ampelosaurus atacis (48870)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Hypselosaurus priscus (type locality: 48850)