Genus
Valid Extinct

Rhoetosaurus

Longman 1926

Rhoetosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Walloon Coal Measures of what is now eastern Australia. Rhoetosaurus is estimated to have been about 15 metres (49 ft) long, weighing about 9 tonnes. Subsequent authors have sometimes misspelled the name: Rhaetosaurus ; Rheteosaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Rhoetosaurus
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Rhoetosaurus brownei (QM F1659; holotype [part]) right crus and pes in anterodorsal view. Scale = 20 cm. © Stephen F. Poropat, Phil R. Bell, Lachlan J. Hart, Steven W. Salisbury, & Benjamin P. Kear · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Rhoetosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
14,2 m ⓘ
Rhoetosaurus brownei 
15 m ⓘ
Mass
9 000 kg ⓘ
Rhoetosaurus brownei 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
1
Geological formations
Walloon Coal Measures
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Rhoetosaurus brownei 159 Ma
News 1
Stunning Rearing Rhoetosaurus Model Stars in Australian Dinosaur Diorama
Dinosauria Rhoetosaurus
Our thanks to model collector and prehistoric animal fan Robert who sent into Everything Dinosaur a photograph of his rearing Rhoetosaurus model. The sauropod figure is part of the CollectA Age of Dinosaurs model range.  We think this model was introduced by CollectA in 2009.  Robert has been making a diorama focusing on Australian dinosaurs.
23/08/2026 everythingdinosaur
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. A. Longman. 1926. A giant dinosaur from Durham Downs, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):183-194
Bibliography (1)
H. A. Longman. 1926. A giant dinosaur from Durham Downs, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):183-194