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* This dinosaur was the first sauropod described during the XIX century Bone Wars, see [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeDinosaurs History of Dinosaur Discoveries]]. Many alleged ''Atlantosaurus'' remains have then revealed to belong to ''Apatosaurus''/''Brontosaurus'', while the original one (a hard-to-classify diplodocoid) is very scanty. It was called ''Atlantosaurus'' ("Atlas Lizard": Atlas was the gigantic Greek god who kept the Sky with his arms, and origin of the name of the Geographical Atlas) by O. Marsh, after having named it "Titanosaurus" little time before; his archrival E. Cope noted that the name ''Titanosaurus'' was officially used few months before for the Indian sauropod today prototype of the Titanosaurians -- hence the name-change. In old textbooks ''Atlantosaurus'' was often hugely oversized, ex. cited as "the biggest dinosaur ever": one of the earliest cases of exaggerations in non-scientific media. The [[NamesTheSame similar-named]] ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlasaurus Atlasaurus]]'' was another kind of sauropod, but found in Morocco in 1999 and not a diplodocoid but a primitive member of the sauropodian clade like ''Cetiosaurus'', with rather complete remains. It owes its name, other than from its sauropodian size (15 m, but smaller than the classic Stock Sauropods) from the fact that [[Myth/GreekMythology Atlas]] was said living just in Morocco, where the Atlas Mountains are located; the Atlantic Ocean is so-called because Morocco has the vastest portion of its seashores just in this ocean (the remaining ones are in the Mediterranean Sea).
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* This dinosaur was the first sauropod described during the XIX century Bone Wars, see [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeDinosaurs History of Dinosaur Discoveries]]. Many alleged ''Atlantosaurus'' remains have then revealed to belong to ''Apatosaurus''/''Brontosaurus'', while the original one (a hard-to-classify diplodocoid) is very scanty. It was called ''Atlantosaurus'' ("Atlas Lizard": Atlas was the gigantic Greek god who kept the Sky with his arms, and origin of the name of the Geographical Atlas) by O. Marsh, after having named it "Titanosaurus" little time before; his archrival E. Cope noted that the name ''Titanosaurus'' was officially used few months before for the Indian sauropod today prototype of the Titanosaurians -- hence the name-change. In old textbooks ''Atlantosaurus'' was often hugely oversized, ex. cited as "the biggest dinosaur ever": one of the earliest cases of exaggerations in non-scientific media. The [[NamesTheSame similar-named]] similar-named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlasaurus Atlasaurus]]'' was another kind of sauropod, but found in Morocco in 1999 and not a diplodocoid but a primitive member of the sauropodian clade like ''Cetiosaurus'', with rather complete remains. It owes its name, other than from its sauropodian size (15 m, but smaller than the classic Stock Sauropods) from the fact that [[Myth/GreekMythology Atlas]] was said living just in Morocco, where the Atlas Mountains are located; the Atlantic Ocean is so-called because Morocco has the vastest portion of its seashores just in this ocean (the remaining ones are in the Mediterranean Sea).
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* Sauropods have been found almost everywhere, LandDownUnder as well (but still not in Antarctica, unlike "prosauropods"). But are little-known there. ''Austrosaurus'' and ''Rhoetosaurus'' are two rarities in books, less-frequent than smaller Australian dinosaurs like ''Leaellynasaura'', ''Minmi'', ''Muttaburrasaurus'', or even the [[ScienceMarchesOn alleged]] “dwarf allosaur”; this can be justified though, giving their scarse remains. ''Rhoetosaurus'' (its name comes from a [[Myth/GreekMythology Greek giant]]) still remains one of the few known Australian dinosaurs from the Jurassic (another is the enigmatic theropod ''Ozraptor'': most known aussie dinos were Early Cretaceous). It is a basal sauropod maybe related with ''Cetiosaurus'', or maybe even more primitive. On the other hand, ''Austrosaurus'' ("southern lizard") was a typical Early Cretaceous dinosaur; Late Cretaceous dinosaurs are still unknown from Australia. It is more incomplete but more peculiar than ''Rhoetosaurus'', having unusually-long forelimbs; once, ''Austrosaurus'' was believed a primitive late-surviving non-diplodocoid / non-macronarian sauropod; today is classified as a titanosaur relative. Very recent additions in the australian sauropod list are ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australotitan Australotitan]]'', ''Diamantinasaurus'', ''Savannasaurus'', and ''Wintonotitan''. The first one ("southern titan"), described only in 2021, was a titanosaur and is now the biggest known Australian dinosaur, while ''Savannasaurus'' is the most complete australian sauropod.
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* Sauropods have been found almost everywhere, LandDownUnder as well (but still not in Antarctica, unlike "prosauropods"). But are little-known there. ''Austrosaurus'' and ''Rhoetosaurus'' are two rarities in books, less-frequent than smaller Australian dinosaurs like ''Leaellynasaura'', ''Minmi'', ''Muttaburrasaurus'', or even the [[ScienceMarchesOn alleged]] “dwarf allosaur”; this can be justified though, giving given their scarse scarce remains. ''Rhoetosaurus'' (its name comes from a [[Myth/GreekMythology Greek giant]]) still remains one of the few known Australian dinosaurs from the Jurassic (another is the enigmatic theropod ''Ozraptor'': most known aussie dinos were Early Cretaceous). It is a basal sauropod maybe related with ''Cetiosaurus'', or maybe even more primitive. On the other hand, ''Austrosaurus'' ("southern lizard") was a typical Early Cretaceous dinosaur; Late Cretaceous dinosaurs are still unknown from Australia. It is more incomplete but more peculiar than ''Rhoetosaurus'', having unusually-long forelimbs; once, ''Austrosaurus'' was believed a primitive late-surviving non-diplodocoid / non-macronarian sauropod; today is classified as a titanosaur relative. Very recent additions in the australian Australian sauropod list are ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australotitan Australotitan]]'', ''Diamantinasaurus'', ''Savannasaurus'', and ''Wintonotitan''. The first one ("southern titan"), described only in 2021, was a titanosaur and is now the biggest known Australian dinosaur, while ''Savannasaurus'' is the most complete australian Australian sauropod.
