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AMMOSAURUS |
| DESCRIBER | Marsh,1891 |
| TIME | Jurassic
Early ?Pliensbachian ?Toarcian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Plateosauridae |
| DIET | Herbivore |
| FOSSILSITE | US |
| TYPE SPECIES | AMMOSAURUS major |
| LENGTH | 4 meter |
| INFO | Ammosaurus > A.major
(Marsh,1891) =
Anchisaurus
major (Marsh,1889)
> Anchisaurus
solus (Marsh,1892)
The original specimen was almost complete, but Marsh was only able to save the posterior portion--the anterior part was in a sandstone block apparently used in constructing a bridge. |
