Item Number
3068
Type
image
Description
Atlasaurus Femur
Age
Mesozoic, Jurassic, Bathonian Age (168.3-166.1 Ma)
SciId
Atasaurus imelakei
Status
in inventory
Display/Storage
Display
Building
Zuhl Museum
Original Site
Tamtatoucht, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Date Acquired
2015
Gallery/Room\Floor
History of Life Gallery
Notes
Moderately large member of the infraorder Sauropod (four legged, long necked and tailed, small-headed dinosaur). Named and discovered by Monbaron, Russel & Taquet in 1999 and named after the found in the High Atlas Range of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco where the Greek Titan was said to have held up the heavens. It was gigantic in size growing on average to 50 feet long.
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Description
Moderately large member of the infraorder Sauropod (four legged, long necked and tailed, small-headed dinosaur). Named and discovered by Monbaron, Russel & Taquet in 1999 and named after the found in the High Atlas Range of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco where the Greek Titan was said to have held up the heavens. It was gigantic in size growing on average to 50 feet long. 7' x 15
Keywords
Atlasaurus Femur Moderately large member of the infraorder Sauropod (four legged, long necked and tailed, small-headed dinosaur). Named and discovered by Monbaron, Russel & Taquet in 1999 and named after the found in the High Atlas Range of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco where the Greek Titan was said to have held up the heavens. It was gigantic in size growing on average to 50 feet long. 2015 Mesozoic, Jurassic, Bathonian Age (168.3-166.1 Ma) Fossil
Keywords
Atlasaurus Femur Moderately large member of the infraorder Sauropod (four legged, long necked and tailed, small-headed dinosaur). Named and discovered by Monbaron, Russel & Taquet in 1999 and named after the found in the High Atlas Range of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco where the Greek Titan was said to have held up the heavens. It was gigantic in size growing on average to 50 feet long. 2015 Mesozoic, Jurassic, Bathonian Age (168.3-166.1 Ma) Fossil