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Atsinganosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Dinosauria

Clade
  
†Neosauropoda

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Saurischia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
†Sauropodomorpha

Clade
  
†Macronaria

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Arenysaurus, Anoplosaurus, Arkharavia, Paludititan, Betasuchus

Atsinganosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur which existed in what is now France during the late Cretaceous period. Well-preserved remains (and the only known) of Atsinganosaurus were collected from the Grès à Reptiles Formation of the Aix-en-Provence Basin. Atsinganosaurus was first described by Géraldine Garcia, Sauveur Amico, Francois Fournier, Eudes Thouand and Xavier Valentin in 2010, and the type species is Atsinganosaurus velauciensis.

The generic name is derived from the Greek word "τσιγγάνος" or "αθίγγανος", both meaning "gypsy", which refers to the possible migration from east to west of the species. The specific name is named after its finding place, Velaux - La Bastide Neuve.

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Atsinganosaurus Wikipedia