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
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.