Pelorosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as England (United Kingdom), Hauts-de-France (France) 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):
- G. A. Mantell. 1851. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; or, a Hand-Book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum. London: Henry G. Bohn.
- G. Cuny, E. Buffetaut, and H. Cappetta, M. Martin, J. M. Mazin, J. M. Rose. 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
- W. Keeping. 1883. The Fossils and Palaeontological Affinities of the Neocomian Deposits of Upware and Brickhill (Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
