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Rhoetosaurus

Rhoetosaurus - Meaning: Rhoetan Lizard or Trojan Reptile

Rhoetosaurus, (REET-oh-SAWR-us) was a genus of Sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Bathonian to Callovian Ages during the Middle Jurassic Period, 181 to 175 million years ago in what is now Queensland, Australia. This dinosaur is very similar to other sauropods of that age, such as Shunosaurus from China.

Dinosaur Rhoetosaurus

Rhoetosaurus Characteristics

Rhoetosaurus measured a huge 60 feet (18 metres) in length and weighed 20 tons. It had a long tail and a very long neck with a small, box-like head. Its body was heavily built and bulky and it stood on 4 powerful, trunk-like legs. It would have probably had hoof-like feet, much like todays modern elephants. Rhoetosaurus would have had many cheek teeth that were suitably adapted to grinding up tough vegetation. It may have had gastroliths (stomach stones) in its stomach to help digest tough plant material.


Rhoetosaurus was a herbivore and would have eaten a huge amount of plant matter to sustain its great size.


Rhoetosaurus fossils have been found in Queensland, Australia.


Rhoetosaurus was discovered in Queensland, Australia in 1924 by Heber Longman.

RHOETOSAURUS CLASSIFICATION:
Kingdom:
Animalia (animals)
Phylum:
Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia - lizard-hipped dinosaurs
Suborder:
Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:
Sauropoda
Unranked:
Eusauropoda
Genus:
Rhoetosaurus
Species:
R. brownei Longman, 1926 (type)





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