Pelorosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Metropolitan France (France), England (United Kingdom) and England (United Kingdom).

Quick facts about Pelorosaurus:

  • Existed from 150.8 million years ago to Lower Cretaceous Epoch
  • Lived in a terrestrial habitat
  • Was a herbivore
  • Reproduced by laying eggs
  • 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists

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Pelorosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • W. Keeping. 1883. The Fossils and Palaeontological Affinities of the Neocomian Deposits of Upware and Brickhill (Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire)
  • G. Cuny and E. Buffetaut. 1991. Nouveaux restes de Vertébrés du Jurassique terminal du Boulonnais (Nord de la France) [New vertebrate remains from the latest Jurassic of the Boulonnais (northern France)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 180(3):323-347
  • G. A. Mantell. 1851. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; or, a Hand-Book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum