Cetiosauriscus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cetiosauriscus |
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| Composite photo of the mounted holotype skeleton soon before display in 1905 | |
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Cetiosauriscus
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stewarti
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Cetiosauriscus is a sauropod dinosaur that lived between 166 and 164 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic in what is now England. The fossil was originally confused with Cetiosaurus, a similar sauropod.
Cetiosauriscus was discovered in May 1898 by clay workers south of Peterborough and east of the Great Northern Railway. Pits in this region expose the fossil-rich sedimentary rocks of the marine Oxford Clay, one of the classic geological formations of British palaeontology.
Images for kids
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Fossil limbs and vertebrae of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis
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Lectotype dorsal vertebra of Ornithopsis hulkei
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Known elements of Cetiosauriscus
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Caudal vertebra of "Cetiosauriscus" longus (now Eusauropoda indet.) seen from in front, above, the side, and cross section
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Forelimb of Cetiosauriscus in front and top views
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Posterior dorsal vertebra in rear and side views
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Fourth caudal vertebra in front and side views
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Femur of Cetiosauriscus in rear, top, and bottom views and cross sections
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Life restoration of Cetiosauriscus as a eusauropod
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1905 drawing of the mounted skeleton of Cetiosauriscus
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Unpathologic distal caudal of ?Cetiosauriscus specimen NHMUK R1967
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Life restoration of Eustreptospondylus facing Lexovisaurus in the Oxford Clay Formation environment
See also
In Spanish: Cetiosauriscus stewarti para niños
