Genus: Atlasaurus MONBARON, RUSSELL & TAQUET, 1999
Etymology: In reference to the Atlas mountain chain from Morocco and also, Atlas, the giant; Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Atlas lizard.

Species: imelakei MONBARON, RUSSELL & TAQUET, 1999
Etymology: Arabic, imelake,“giant."

Holotype: Musee des sciences de la Terre de Rabat, Morocco: Number not given.

Locality: Wawmda, Azilal Province, High Atlas of Morocco.

Horizon: Tilougguit Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Bathonian-Callovian Stage, Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and skeleton.

Atlasaurus imelakei (modified from MONBARON, et al. 1999), Holotype: Musee des sciences de la Terre de Rabat, Morocco: Number not given.