Cetiosauriscus
Cetiosauriscus stewarti
Pronounced:
See-tee-o-Saw-riss-cuss
Diet:
Herbivore(plant-eater)
Name
Means:
"Sea Monster Lizard
Like"
Length:
50 ft.(15 m)
Height:
16 ft. (5 m)
Weight:
7 tons (6,300 kilos)
Time:
Middle to Late
Jurassic - 165 mya
Fossil
remains for this
Dinosaur have
been found in
Europe
Cetiosauriscus is a
large, long-necked
dinosaur found in
Europe. Discovered over
100 years ago, there is
still a question as to
which family of
dinosaurs it belongs.
This large plant eater
could have been related
to either the North
American Diplodocus or
the Asian
Mamenchisaurus
Since Europe was about
in the middle of these
two continents, perhaps
it was related to both!
Adding to the mystery of
this dinosaur, no skull
material has yet been
found with any of the
five partial skeletons
discovered to date. It
has gone through several
name changes and there
are currently four
species attributed to
the genus, spanning more
than 20 million years of
the Jurassic. It is
expected that it will be
studied and possibly
reassigned in the
future. |
