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Description
Date: September 12, 2021DDA position: #27
DD position overall: #1350
Species: "Atlantosaurus" immanis
Describer: Marsh, 1878
Locality: Morrison Formation, Colorado, United States; Late Jurassic, Tithonian
Etymology: "immense", after its large size
Notes: This species does not belong to Atlantosaurus. The most recent study to mention it (Tschopp et al. 2015) puts "Atlantosaurus" in quotes each time "Atlantosaurus" immanis is mentioned, but for some odd reason, didn't even mention Atlantosaurus montanus, the type species, even once, despite claiming to have analyzed every diplodocid specimen.
Genus: "Atlantosaurus"
Species previously drawn: Atlantosaurus montanus
Date previously drawn: April 21, 2018 (1,240 days ago)
