Cedarosaurus

Cedarosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 126 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Family: †Brachiosauridae
Genus: †Cedarosaurus
Tidwell et al., 1999
Species:
†C. weiskopfae
Binomial name
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
Tidwell et al., 1999

Cedarosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous epoch.[1] It was a herbivore of unknown size.[2] Cedarosaurus was named for the Cedar Mountain Formation in eastern Utah, USA.[2] It was a brachiosaurid sauropod that ate tall vegetation from the tree canopy.[2] The skeleton was found in the Cedar Mountains the late 1990s by a team of paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.[3] The skeleton was missing the neck, head and other parts.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Michael P. Taylor; Mathew J. Wedel; Richard L. Cifelli, 'A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA', Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol. 56, No.1 (2011), p. 75
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cedarosaurus". Prehistoric-Wildlife.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Images". The Earth Observatory. EOS Project Science Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cedarosaurus". Dinochecker.com. Retrieved February 6, 2017.

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