Atsinganosaurus

Atsinganosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Vertebra from the holotype
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Subfamily: Lirainosaurinae
Genus: Atsinganosaurus
Garcia et al., 2010
Species:
A. velauciensis
Binomial name
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis
Garcia et al., 2010

Atsinganosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which existed in what is now France during the Late Cretaceous. Well-preserved remains (and the only known) of Atsinganosaurus were collected from the Grès à Reptiles Formation of the Aix-en-Provence Basin. The type and only species is A. velauciensis.

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