Ampelozaur
Ampelosaurus atacis | |
Le Loeuff, 1995 | |
Okres istnienia: 74–70 mln lat temu | |
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(bez rangi) | Titanosauria |
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Rodzaj | ampelozaur |
Gatunek | Ampelosaurus atacis |
Ampelozaur (Ampelosaurus atacis) – opancerzony zauropod z rodziny tytanozaurów (Titanosauridae). Zauropod spokrewniony z saltazaurem. Znaczenie nazwy: jaszczur z winnicy.
Żył w epoce późnej kredy (ok. 74–70 mln lat temu) na terenach współczesnej Europy. Długość ciała ok. 15 m, masa ok. 17 t. Jego szczątki znaleziono w Langwedocji we Francji.
Ampelozaur był największym tytanozaurem Europy. Posiadał pancerz na grzbiecie.
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- derivative work: Dinoguy2 (talk)
- Spinosaurus_BW.jpg: ArthurWeasley
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, a spinosaurid from the Middle Cretaceous of Egypt
A hypothetical life restoration of Ampelosaurus atacis
- • Ampelosaurus is known from hundreds of fossil specimens which show most of the dinosaur's osteological details, however, there are few articulated remains or reconstructions of the material so its overall proportions and life appearance are uncertain.
- • Ampelosaurus is known to have supported osteoderms, only four are currently known. The number of these osteoderms that an individual Ampelosaurus would have supported in life and their and position on the body is not currently known. It's thought that due to the rarity of titanosaur osteoderms that they would be quite sparse on the body. The position and layout of the osteoderms has been loosely based on this interpretation, which is based on the work of Vidal et al 2015. [1]