Cedarosaurus

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Cedarosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Family: Brachiosauridae Genus: Cedarosaurus Tidwell et al, 1999

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 Wealden of southern England, as well as to Brachiosaurus from the Morrison Formation.

[edit] References

• The Brachiosauridae
• Photograph of the skeleton and list of bones