Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips 1871

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combinations: Ceteosaurus oxoniensis, Ornithopsis oxoniensis

Synonyms: Ceteosaurus giganteus Owen 1870, Cetiosaurus giganteus Owen 1870

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1-523

Belongs to Cetiosaurus according to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2013

See also Barrett et al. 2010, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1986, Buffetaut 1997, Buffetaut et al. 2011, Cheevely and Chapman 1992, Etheridge 1882, Galton and Knoll 2006, Holwerda et al. 2019, Huene 1927, Huene 1944, Hulke 1887, Hulke 1887, Jain et al. 1979, Jones 1970, Kuhn 1939, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1895, Manning et al. 2015, McIntosh 1990, Mocho et al. 2014, Mocho et al. 2016, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1901, Perrier 1928, Phillips 1870, Phillips 1871, Raveloson et al. 2019, Ren et al. 2021, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Santafé-Llopis et al. 1981, Sauvage 1900, Seeley 1889, Steel 1970, Stromer 1932, Swinton 1934, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor et al. 2011, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch and Martin 2002, Upchurch and Martin 2003, Winkler 1893, Woodward 1898, Woodward and Sherborn 1890 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Cetiosaurus brevis, Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis, Cetiosaurus philippsii

Type specimens:

  • Cetiosaurus oxoniensis: OUM J13605-13613, 13615-13616, 13619-13688, 13899, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Bletchington Station (OUM), which is in a Bathonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Cetiosaurus giganteus: Its type locality is Gibraltar Quarry, Bletchingdon Station (OUM), which is in a Bathonian marine claystone in the United Kingdom.

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 683.0, fibula circumference 300.0, humerus circumference 584.4, tibia circumference 300.0, ulna circumference 346.0

Estimated body mass: 24.9 tons based on femur circumference and humerus circumference

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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