[D] Atlantosaurus montanus [T]
Describer
(Marsh, 1877) - von Huene, 1906
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Atlantosaurus
Length
23 meter
Info
Typespecies
Atlantosaurus (Marsh, 1877) > Atlantosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - von Huene, 1906 >> Titanosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - Lydekker, 1877 >>> Apatosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) >>> Brontosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - Kuhn, 1965
2 1/2 sacral centra Atlantosaurus montanus, originally named Titanosaurus montanus, musn\\\'t confuse with titanosaurids. Marsh\\\'s 1877 genus Titanosaurus montanus was preoccupied by Lydekker\\\'s Titanosaurus indicus (the typical titanosaurid), proposed a few months earlier in 1877. That\\\'s the only connection between Atlantosaurus and titanosaurids. The type sacrum of Atlantosaurus montanus is indeterminate but probably belonged to an Apatosaurus.