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Rhoetosaurus: quick facts

Found in Australia, its discovery was important becauseit showed that sauropods lived in Gondwanalandduring the earlyJurassic period. Rhoetosaurus was a cetiosaurid, a group characterized by box-shape

Period
Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Length
39.4 feet (12 meters)
Family
Cetiosauridae

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.

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