Cedarosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Cedarosaurus"


image_width=240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Brachiosauridae
genus = "Cedarosaurus"
genus_authority = Tidwell "et al", 1999
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "C. weiskopfae" Tidwell "et al", 1999 (type)

"Cedarosaurus" ("Cedar lizard" - named after the Cedar Mountain Formation, in which it was discovered) was a nasal-crested brachiosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period (Barremian). It was a sauropod which lived in what is now Utah. It was first described by Tidwell, Carpenter and Brooks in 1999, published in Oryctos, Dec. 1999, 2: 21-37.

It shows similarities to the brachiosaurid "Eucamerotus" from the Wessex Formation of southern England, as well as to "Brachiosaurus" from the Morrison Formation.

References

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/brachiosauridae.htm The Brachiosauridae]
* [https://scientists.dmns.org/sites/kencarpenter/Holotypes/Holotypes.aspx?PageView=Shared Photograph of the skeleton and list of bones]
* "Cedarosaurus" at [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=64906&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]