Atlantosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Illustration of the sacrum of A. montanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
Family: | †Diplodocidae |
Genus: | †Atlantosaurus Marsh, 1877 |
Species: | †A. montanus
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Binomial name | |
†Atlantosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877)
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Atlantosaurus (meaning "Atlas lizard") is a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaur. It contains a single species, Atlantosaurus montanus, from the upper Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. Atlantosaurus was the first sauropod to be described during the infamous 19th century Bone Wars,[1] during which scientific methodology suffered in favor of pursuit of academic acclaim.[2]