Genus
Valid Extinct

Cetiosaurus

Owen 1841
Etymology Reptile baleine

Cetiosaurus, is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period, living about 171 to 165 million years ago during the Bajocian and Bathonian ages in what is now Britain and probably France.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
30
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Cetiosaurus
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Cetiosaurus oxoniensis, "Rutland Dinosaur". New Walk Museum, Leicester. Tuesday, 17 July, 2012 © Paul Stainthorp from United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Cetiosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
16 m ⓘ
Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis
18 m ⓘ
Mass
10 700 kg ⓘ
Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis — min connu
11 000 kg ⓘ
Cetiosaurus oxoniensis — max connu
Fossil sites 30 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
22
🇲🇦 Morocco
6
🇫🇷 France
1
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
El Mers
6
Chipping Norton Limestone
3
Forest Marble
3
Wessex
2
Rutland
1
Hampen Marly
1
Oolithe miliaire
1
Sharp's Hill
1
Taynton Limestone
1
Oxford Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
3
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
2
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
21
Bajocian (170.9–168.2 Ma)
1
Aalenian (174.7–170.9 Ma)
1
Species (5)
Cetiosaurus brevis nomen dubium, species not entered Cetiosaurus 137 Ma
Cetiosaurus giganteus subjective synonym of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis 169 Ma
Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis nomen dubium, species not entered Cetiosaurus 168 Ma
Cetiosaurus oxoniensis 169 Ma
Cetiosaurus philippsii
Synonyms (2)
Cetiosaurus brevis nomen dubium, species not entered Cetiosaurus
Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis nomen dubium, species not entered Cetiosaurus
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1841. Description of a portion of the skeleton of the Cetiosaurus, a gigantic extinct saurian reptile occurring in the Oolitic formations of different portions of England. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3, part 2(80):457-462
Bibliography (18)
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P. M. Galton and F. Knoll. 2006. A saurischian dinosaur braincase from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) near Oxford, England: from the theropod Megalosaurus or the sauropod Cetiosaurus?. Geological Magazine 143(6):905-921 DOI ↗
S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner. 1994. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate assemblages from the British Isles. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, N. C. Fraser and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Cambridge University Press
S. J. Metcalf, R. F. Vaughan, and M. J. Benton, J. Cole, M. J. Simms, D. L. Dartnall. 1992. A new Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) microvertebrate site, within the Chipping Norton Limestone Formation at Honsleasow Quarry, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 103:321-342 DOI ↗
E. F. Freeman. 1979. A Middle Jurassic mammal bed from Oxfordshire. Palaeontology 22(1):135-166
J. B. Delair. 1973. The dinosaurs of Wiltshire. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 68:1-7
M. D. Jones. 1970. Cetiosaurus oxoniensis, Phillips J. A middle Jurassic sauropod from Rutland, England. Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society 64:144-150
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S. H. Reynolds. 1939. On a collection of reptilian bones from the Oolite of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Geological Magazine 76(5):193-214 DOI ↗
S. H. Reynolds. 1937. A collection of reptilian bones from the Oölite near Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 107:356-357
J. F. Jackson. 1931. A catalogue of Cretaceous fossils in the Museum of Isle of Wight Geology, the Free Library, Sandown. Part II: Lower Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society 2(1):45-61
J. Royo y Gomez. 1927. Sur le faciès wealdien d'Espagne [On the Wealden facies of Spain]. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société géologique de France 47(3):125-128
R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London DOI ↗
J. Phillips. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford DOI ↗
J. Phillips. 1870. [A notice of some specimens of Megalosaurian bones in this Museum]. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 26(1):13-16
R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
R. Owen. 1841. Description of a portion of the skeleton of the Cetiosaurus, a gigantic extinct saurian reptile occurring in the Oolitic formations of different portions of England. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3, part 2(80):457-462