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CEDAROSAURUS
(see-dah-roe-sore-us)
meaning: "Cedar lizard- after the Cedar Mountain Formation"
Named By: V. Tidwell, K. Carpenter, & W. Brooks in 1999
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 126 Ma
Location: USA, Texas - Paluxy Formation, Utah - Cedar Mountain Formation - Yellow Cat member
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains of at least three individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauriformes | Brachiosauridae |
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Cedarosaurus (meaning "Cedar lizard" - named after the Cedar Mountain Formation, in which it was discovered) was a nasal-crested macronarian dinosaur genus 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.

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

Read more about Cedarosaurus at Wikipedia
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