Ampelosaurus

DV-0378

Lived: 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 15 m (49 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: France and Spain
Named by: Le Loeuff 1995

Field notes

About Ampelosaurus

Ampelosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Ampelosaurus, from France and Spain. Its fossils come from rocks including the Argiles rutilantes Formation, the Grès à Reptiles Formation and the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation. It was named by Le Loeuff in 1995.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

5 finds

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Ampelosaurus?

Ampelosaurus: about 15 m (49 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Lirainosaurinae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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