Atsinganosaurus

DV-0718

Lived: 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: France
Named by: Garcia et al. 2010

Field notes

About Atsinganosaurus

Atsinganosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Atsinganosaurus, from France. It was named by Garcia et al. in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Lirainosaurinae.

AmpelosaurusLate Cretaceous
GarrigatitanLate Cretaceous
LirainosaurusLate Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. Garcia, S. Amico, and F. Fournier, E. Thouand, X. Valentin. 2010. A new titanosaur genus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its paleobiogeographic implications. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 181(3):269-277