Aepisaurus
Sign in to saveAepisaurus (; derived from the Greek: , '''' - 'lofty/high' and , '''' - 'lizard', i.e. "lofty lizard") was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Grès vert of Département du Vaucluse, France, around 100.5 million years ago. It is an obscure genus from an unknown family, represented by a single humerus, now partly lost. Despite its lack of popularity, or perhaps because of it, it has been misspelled several ways in the scientific literature, with multiple dates given to the year of description as well.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Aepisaurus is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Sauropoda, Early Cretaceous and Lithostrotia.
It sits within the topics Albian dinosaurs, Dinosaur genera and Dinosaurs of France.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Titanosauria
- Image
- Aepisaurus.JPG
Show 4 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Aepisaurus
- taxon name
- Aepisaurus
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Español
Aepisaurus elephantius (gr. "lagarto alto") es la única una especie conocida del género dudoso extinto Aepisaurus de dinosaurio saurópodo titanosauriano que vivió a mediados del período Cretácico, hace aproximadamente 100 millones de años, en el Albiense, en lo que es hoy Europa. Encontrado en de Départamento de Vaucluse, Francia, es un oscuro género conocido por solo un húmero, hoy perdido.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA