Cetiosauriscus

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DV-0134Oxford Clay Fm., United Kingdom

Cetiosauriscus

DV-0134

Lived
165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 15 m (49 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
United Kingdom
Named by
Huene 1927

Field notes

About Cetiosauriscus

Cetiosauriscus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Cetiosauriscus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Oxford Clay Formation. It was named by Huene in 1927.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Cetiosauriscus?

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Cetiosauriscus: about 15 m (49 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Flagellicaudata.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene. 1927. Sichtung der Grundlagen der jetzigen Kenntnis der Sauropoden [Sorting through the basis of the current knowledge of sauropods]. Eclogae Geologica Helveticae 20:444-470