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long-neck giant
Cetiosaurus
Say it like this: “see-TIE-o-SAWR-us”
Cetiosaurus oxoniensis
Cetiosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bajocian · Bathonian) · roughly 170.9 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 1841 · Owen, R.
- Hip height
- 3.7 m · 12 ft
- Length
- 16 m · 52 ft
- Weight
- 11 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Forest Marble
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Cetiosauridae
The story in short
The genus Cetiosaurus dates to 1841, the year R. Owen described it. The name means “whale lizard.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian · Bathonian), roughly 170.9 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Forest Marble Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Cetiosaurus at a length near 16 m, hips about 3.7 m high, and a body mass around 11 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Cetiosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.