Cetiosaurus
Cetiosaurus is a sauropod dinosaur whose remains were found in Oxfordshire. It was a herbivore.[1][2]
| Cetiosaurus | |
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| Mounted skeleton, New Walk Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Bagualosauria |
| Family: | Cetiosauridae |
| Subfamily: | Cetiosaurinae Lydekker, 1888 |
| Genus: | Cetiosaurus Owen, 1841 |
| Species: | C. oxoniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips, 1871
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Cetiosaurus was discovered in 1842. It was the first sauropod from which bones were described, and is the most complete sauropod found in England.[3] The dinosaur was about 16 metres (52 ft) long and to have weighed roughly 11 tonnes (12 short tons). It is now known as Cetiosaurus oxoniensis.
Cetiosaurus Media
Caudal vertebra of C. longus
Fossils of C. oxoniensis at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Hind view of the Rutland C. oxoniensis mount
1871 illustration of material referred to C. oxoniensis
Right scapula of C. oxoniensis
Size comparison of the European sauropod Cetiosaurus oxoniensis. Based on Headden (2013), skull based on this reconstruction.
Life restoration of C. oxoniensis based on the Rutland specimen
Skeletal drawing of C. oxoniensis
Right femur of C. oxoniensis
References
- ↑ "Cetiosauriscus - Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk.
- ↑ von Huene F. 1927. Sichtung der Grundlagen der jetzigen Kenntnis der Sauropoden [Sorting through the basis of the current knowledge of sauropods] (PDF). Eclogae Geologica Helveticae (in German). 20: 444–470.
- ↑ Charig A.J. 1980. A diplodocid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of England. In Jacobs, L.L. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert. Museum of Northern Arizona Press. pp. 231–244. ISBN 978-0-897-34053-3.