Rhoetosaurus
Rhoetosaurus brownei
Pronounced:
Row - toe - Sore - us
Diet:
Herbivorous (Plant-Eaters)
Name Means:
"Trojan Lizard"
Length:
40 Feet (12 m)
Height:
15 Feet (5 m)
Weight:
12 tons (10,800 kilos)
Time:
Middle Jurassic - 170 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur
have been found in Australia
Rhoetosaurus was the first large
dinosaur discovered in Australia. At
first, it was thought to be very similar
to
Camarasaurus but further
discoveries have shown that it had a
number of differences from the North
American dinosaur. Rhoetosaurus was a
large, long-necked plant eater.
Known from mostly tail vertebrae and
parts of the hip, this dinosaur has been
studied a great deal as it represents a rare
look at a large Australian dinosaur. Fairly
bulky for its overall size, it has been
suggested that it could have grown much
larger than the current fossil material that
has been uncovered indicates. |
