Rhoetosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0132Walloon Coal Measures Fm., Australia

Rhoetosaurus

DV-0132 · type species Rhoetosaurus brownei

Lived
159 to 158 million years ago, Late Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 15 m (49 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Australia
Named by
Longman 1926

Field notes

About Rhoetosaurus

Rhoetosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 159 to 158 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Rhoetosaurus, from Australia. Its fossils come from the Walloon Coal Measures Formation. It was named by Longman in 1926.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

160 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Rhoetosaurus?

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

Close relatives

Other members of Eusauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. A. Longman. 1926. A giant dinosaur from Durham Downs, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):183-194