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long-neck giant
Cetiosauriscus
Say it like this: “SEE-tee-oh-SOR-iss-kuhs”
Cetiosauriscus stewarti
Cetiosauriscus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1927 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- 3.3 m · 11 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 4–10 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Oxford Clay
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Eusauropoda
The story in short
Cetiosauriscus was formally named in 1927 by F. V. Huene. The name means “resembling Cetiosaurus.”
Fossils referred to Cetiosauriscus date to the Middle Jurassic (Callovian), roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Oxford Clay Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Cetiosauriscus at a length near 15 m, hips about 3.3 m high, and a body mass around 4–10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Eusauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Algoasaurus
Algoasaurus bauri
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Atlasaurus
Atlasaurus imelakei
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Bagualia
Bagualia alba
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago