Atlasaurus

DV-0433 · type species Atlasaurus imelakei

Lived: 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Morocco
Named by: Monbaron et al. 1999

Field notes

About Atlasaurus

Atlasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Atlasaurus, from Morocco. Its fossils come from the Guettioua Formation. It was named by Monbaron et al. in 1999.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Macronaria.

BicharracosaurusLate Jurassic
AragosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
CeratocaudiaEarly Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
Galveosaurussauropod
YuzhoulongMiddle Jurassic
DashanpusaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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