Iuticosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Iuticosaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
familia =
genus = "Iuticosaurus"
binomial = "Iuticosaurus valdensis"
binomial_authority = le Loeuff, 1993

"Iuticosaurus" (meaning "Jute lizard") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. "Iuticosaurus" was a sauropod, specifically a titanosaur.

The type species, "I. valdensis", was first described by von Huene in 1929, and redescribed by le Loeuff in 1993. "Titanosaurus valdensis" is the same animal. "Iuticosaurus" was similar to "Titanosaurus". It measured 15-20 metres (49-65 feet) long.

References

* http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6d2f3.htm
* http://www.geocities.com/dinowight/iuticosaurus.html