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Atlasaurus
Taxonomy
Atlasaurus was named by Monbaron et al. (1999). Its type is Atlasaurus imelakei.
It was assigned to Brachiosauridae by Upchurch and Martin (2003); to Titanosauriformes by Apesteguía (2005); to Camarasauromorpha by Moser et al. (2006); to Turiasauria by Xing et al. (2015); to Eusauropoda by Monbaron et al. (1999), Wilson (2002), Allain et al. (2004), Royo-Torres et al. (2006), D'Emic (2012), Mannion et al. (2013), Mannion et al. (2017), Ibrahim et al. (2017); and to Macronaria by Upchurch et al. (2004), Taquet (2010), Mannion et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Brachiosauridae by Upchurch and Martin (2003); to Titanosauriformes by Apesteguía (2005); to Camarasauromorpha by Moser et al. (2006); to Turiasauria by Xing et al. (2015); to Eusauropoda by Monbaron et al. (1999), Wilson (2002), Allain et al. (2004), Royo-Torres et al. (2006), D'Emic (2012), Mannion et al. (2013), Mannion et al. (2017), Ibrahim et al. (2017); and to Macronaria by Upchurch et al. (2004), Taquet (2010), Mannion et al. (2019).
Species
A. imelakei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Atlasaurus Monbaron et al. |
| 2002 | Atlasaurus Wilson p. 248 |
| 2003 | Atlasaurus Upchurch and Martin p. 229 |
| 2004 | Atlasaurus Allain et al. pp. 205-207 fig. 3 |
| 2004 | Atlasaurus Upchurch et al. p. 265 |
| 2005 | Atlasaurus Apesteguía p. 326 |
| 2006 | Atlasaurus Moser et al. p. 48 |
| 2006 | Atlasaurus Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3 |
| 2010 | Atlasaurus Taquet p. 95 |
| 2012 | Atlasaurus D'Emic |
| 2013 | Atlasaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2015 | Atlasaurus Xing et al. |
| 2017 | Atlasaurus Ibrahim et al. p. 256 |
| 2017 | Atlasaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2019 | Atlasaurus Mannion et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
|---|---|---|
| 40.2 tons | Sauropoda femur circumference | Anderson et al. 1985 |
| 14.5 tons | Sauropoda humerus circumference | Anderson et al. 1985 |
| mean: 24.1 tons | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur circumference | 1 | 690.0 | |||||
| humerus circumference | 1 | 565.0 |
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||