Cedarosaurus
SEE-dar-oh-SORE-us /ˌsiːdərəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Cedar lizard
- Cedar · English · Cedar Mountain Formation, the rock unit where it was found
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Cedarosaurus is named after the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah, where its fossils were found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. The name therefore means "Cedar lizard". It was a long-necked sauropod, a brachiosaurid.
- Named by
- Tidwell, Carpenter and Brooks
- Year named
- 1999
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA
A brachiosaurid sauropod. The type species is Cedarosaurus weiskopfae, named in honour of Annette Weiskopf, who found the specimen.