Genus

Valid Extinct

Cetiosauriscus

Huene 1927

Cetiosauriscus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived between 166 and 164 million years ago during the Callovian in what is now England. A herbivore, Cetiosauriscus had – by sauropod standards – a moderately long tail, and longer forelimbs, making them as long as its hindlimbs. It has been estimated as about 15 m (49 ft) long and between 4 and 10 t in weight.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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The incomplete skeleton of Cetiosauriscus stewarti (BMNH R3078) mounted prior to display in around 1903. Photographed in the BMNH, and reproduced courtesy of the Leeds family, with layout by J. J. Liston. Note the similarity of this photograph to the drawing of the skeleton in Woodward (1905); previously figured in Anon. (1924) and Naish & Martill (2008).[1][2] © Unknown (photographs taken in BMNH), collage by J.J. Liston · Public domain · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Saurischia Unranked clade

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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade

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Massopoda Unranked clade

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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade

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Sauropoda Unranked clade

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Gravisauria Unranked clade

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Eusauropoda Unranked clade

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Neosauropoda Unranked clade

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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade

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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade

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Flagellicaudata Unranked clade

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Cetiosauriscus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Geological formations

Oxford Clay

Temporal distribution

Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)

Species (1)

Cetiosauriscus stewarti 165 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

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

Bibliography (1)

A. J. Charig. 1980. A diplodocid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of England. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert