Ampelosaurus
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Malawisaurus by CaptMondo Alamosaurus by Rodney Epachthosaurus in the public domain Ampelosaurus by Jens Lallensack Argentinosaurus by William Irvin Sellers, Lee Margetts, Rodolfo Aníbal Coria, Phillip Lars Manning
Malawisaurus by CaptMondo Alamosaurus by Rodney Epachthosaurus in the public domain Ampelosaurus by Jens Lallensack Argentinosaurus by William Irvin Sellers, Lee Margetts, Rodolfo Aníbal Coria, Phillip Lars Manning
![A hypothetical life restoration of Ampelosaurus atacis
• Ampelosaurus is known from hundreds of fossil specimens which show most of the dinosaur's osteological details, however, there are few articulated remains or reconstructions of the material so its overall proportions and life appearance are uncertain.
• Ampelosaurus is known to have supported osteoderms, only four are currently known. The number of these osteoderms that an individual Ampelosaurus would have supported in life and their and position on the body is not currently known. It's thought that due to the rarity of titanosaur osteoderms that they would be quite sparse on the body. The position and layout of the osteoderms has been loosely based on this interpretation, which is based on the work of Vidal et al 2015. [1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/AmpelosaurusDB.jpg/960px-AmpelosaurusDB.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
A hypothetical life restoration of Ampelosaurus atacis • Ampelosaurus is known from hundreds of fossil specimens which show most of the dinosaur's osteological details, however, there are few articulated remains or reconstructions of the material so its overall proportions and life appearance are uncertain. • Ampelosaurus is known to have supported osteoderms, only four are currently known. The number of these osteoderms that an individual Ampelosaurus would have supported in life and their and position on the body is not currently known. It's thought that due to the rarity of titanosaur osteoderms that they would be quite sparse on the body. The position and layout of the osteoderms has been loosely based on this interpretation, which is based on the work of Vidal et al 2015. [1]
