Cathetosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Colorado.
Quick facts about Cathetosaurus:
- Existed from 157.3 million years ago to 152.1 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 11652.2 kg
- Fossil femurs are approximately 1525 mm long and wide
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Cathetosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. A. Jensen. 1988. A fourth new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Colorado Plateau and sauropod bipedalism. The Great Basin Naturalist 48(2):121-145
