Amanzia

Name: Amanzia ‭(‬named after Amanz Gressly‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ah-man-ze-ah.
Named By: Daniela Schwarz,‭ ‬Philip Mannion,‭ ‬Oliver Wings‭ & ‬Christian Meyer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Synonyms: Ornithopsis greppini,‭ ‬Cetiosauriscus greppini.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Turiasauria.
Species: A.‭ ‬greppini‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Known individuals roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬8.5‭ ‬to‭ ‬9‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Switzerland‭ ‬-‭ ‬Reuchenette Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton including front and rear limbs,‭ ‬and vertebrae from neck and tail.‭ ‬Partial skull bones and a tooth have been assigned to the genus.

       Amanzia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in Europe during the late Jurassic.‭ ‬Amanzia is the first sauropod dinosaur known from Switzerland.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Re-description of the sauropod dinosaur Amanzia‭ ("‬Ornithopsis/Cetiosauriscus‭") ‬greppini n.‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬and other vertebrate remains from the Kimmeridgian‭ (‬Late Jurassic‭) ‬Reuchenette Formation of Moutier,‭ ‬Switzerland.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Swiss Journal of Geosciences.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Daniela Schwarz,‭ ‬Philip Mannion,‭ ‬Oliver Wings‭ & ‬Christian Meyer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.



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