Ampelosaurus

Pronunciation:
am-pel-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'vineyard lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
15.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 71-66 million years ago
Found in:
France

Ampelosaurus is known from fossil teeth, postcranial bones and osteoderms ('armour plating').

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia
Named by:
Le Loeuff (1995)
Type species:
atacis