Dinosauria›Saurischia
Cetiosaurus Cetiosaurus oxoniensis (Phillips 1871)
/ˌsiːtioʊˈsɔːrəs/
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · 168.6–165.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formations
Rutland · Forest Marble · Taynton Limestone
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Cetiosaurus oxoniensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 168.6–165.3 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by (Phillips 1871). The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Cetiosaurus oxoniensis sits in deep time
Cetiosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Cetiosaurus oxoniensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.