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Cetiosauriscus

Cetiosauriscus

Pronunciation:: see-tee-oh-SORE-is-kuss
Name meaning:: 'like whale lizard'

Cetiosauriscus

sauropod silhouette

Type of dinosaur:: sauropod
Length:: 15.0m

Diet:: herbivorous
When it lived:: Mid Jurassic, 175-160 million years ago
Found in:: England, United Kingdom

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea
Named by:: von Huene (1927)
Type species:: stewarti

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