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Ampelosaurus Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff 1995
/ˌæmpɪloʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
France
Regions
Languedoc-Roussillon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Formations
Marnes Rouges Inférieures · Grès à Reptiles · Argiles rutilantes
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Ampelosaurus atacis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It was named by Le Loeuff 1995. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ampelosaurus atacis sits in deep time
Ampelosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ampelosaurus atacis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.