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Alamosaurus

Alamosaurus (/ˌæləmoʊˈsɔːrəs/; meaning "Ojo Alamo lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs containing a single known species, Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, from the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now southwestern North America. It is one of the only known sauropods to have inhabited North America after the nearly…

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to history · 47
Alamosaurus → Alamo, Alamosaurus-bearing, Barrel Springs Arroyo, Berkeley, Black Peaks, California, Charles Hazelius Sternberg, Charles Whitney Gilmore, Chihuahua, Contrary, Cretaceous, Evanston Formation, Fossils, Gilmore, Greek, Hams Fork, Instead, Javelina Formations, John Bernard Reeside, June
related to Classification · 25
Alamosaurus → An, Anthony Fiorillo, Asia, Friedrich, Futalognkosaurus, Gilmore, Huene, In, Lognkosauria, Mendozasaurus, Neuquensaurus, One, Opisthocoelicaudia, Opisthocoelicaudiinae, Other, Pellegrinisaurus, Ron Tykoski, Saltasauridae, Sauropoda, South America
related to Paleoenvironment · 24
Alamosaurus → Aguja Formation, Big Bend, Black Peaks Formation, Cretaceous-Paleogene, However, In, Javelina, Javelina Formation, Javenila Formation, K-Pg, Kirtland Formation, Lehman, Leslie, Ma, Maastrichtian, Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation, Texas, The Alamosaurus, The K-Pg
related to Description · 9
Alamosaurus → Argentinosaurus, It, Puertasaurus, Scott Hartman, SMP VP, Some, Thomas Holtz, Though, TMM
related to Paleogeography · 9
Alamosaurus → Laramidia, Maastrichtian, North, North America, North American, Pellegrinisaurus, South America, South American, The
is a · 1
Alamosaurus → only known sauropod to have lived in North America after the sauropod hiatus

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formation north known america fossils species alamo age maastrichtian south ft specimens javelina dinosaur holotype found titanosaurs though would genus

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Alamosaurusis aonly known sauropod to have lived in North America after the sauropod hiatus0.90text
Futalognkosaurusinstance ofAn analysis published in 2016 by Anthony Fiorillo and Ron Tykoski indicates that Alamosaurus was a sister taxon to Lognkosauria and therefore to species0.80text
Mendozasaurusinstance ofAn analysis published in 2016 by Anthony Fiorillo and Ron Tykoski indicates that Alamosaurus was a sister taxon to Lognkosauria and therefore to species0.80text
laying outside Saltasauridaeinstance ofAn analysis published in 2016 by Anthony Fiorillo and Ron Tykoski indicates that Alamosaurus was a sister taxon to Lognkosauria and therefore to species0.80text
Kritosaurusinstance ofremains of troodontids and hadrosaurids0.80text
a possible species of Gryposaurusinstance ofremains of troodontids and hadrosaurids0.80text
indeterminate saurolophinesinstance ofremains of troodontids and hadrosaurids0.80text
lambeosaurines have been discovered from the other three formationsinstance ofremains of troodontids and hadrosaurids0.80text
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensisinstance ofAlamosaurus coexisted with dinosaurs0.80text
Sierraceratops from the McRae Groupinstance ofAlamosaurus coexisted with dinosaurs0.80text
Alamosaurusrelated to ClassificationIn0.60section
Alamosaurusrelated to ClassificationGilmore0.60section

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