Haestasaurus Upchurch et al. 2015 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, and M. P. Taylor. 2015. The anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of “Pelorosaurus“ becklesii (Neosauropoda, Macronaria) from the Early Cretaceous of England. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0125819:1-51

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Mannion et al. 2017 and Upchurch et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosaurus glymptonensis, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Huashanosaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Tharosaurus, Tharosaurus indicus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Haestasaurus becklesii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at low-water mark, near Hastings (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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