Cetiosauridae

Cetiosauridae
Temporal range: Late Toarcian—Callovian, 178–161 Ma
Restoration of Cetiosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Eusauropoda
Family: †Cetiosauridae
Lydekker, 1888
Subgroups[1]

Cetiosauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs which was first proposed by Richard Lydekker in 1888.[2] While traditionally a wastebasket taxon containing various unrelated species, some recent studies have found that it may represent a natural clade.[1] Alongside Cetiosaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Britain, other taxa recently assigned to the family include Lapparentosaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar,[3] and Patagosaurus from the late Early-Middle Jurassic of Patagonia,[4] which share autapomorphies with Cetiosaurus that are not shared by other eusauropods. Additionally, at least one study has suggested that the mamenchisaurids may represent a sub-group of the cetiosaurids, which would be termed Mamenchisaurinae.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.
  2. ^ R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309
  3. ^ Raveloson, M. L. T.; Clark, N. D.; Rasoamiaramana, A. H. (2019). "New Information on the Madagascan Middle Jurassic Sauropod Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis". Geosciences. 9 (12): 498. Bibcode:2019Geosc...9..498R. doi:10.3390/geosciences9120498.
  4. ^ Holwerda, Femke M.; Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Pol, Diego (2021-07-22). "Osteological revision of the holotype of the Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Patagosaurus fariasi Bonaparte, 1979 (Sauropoda: Cetiosauridae)". Geodiversitas. 43 (16). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a16. ISSN 1280-9659. S2CID 237537773.