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Cetiosauriscus stewarti

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Cetiosauriscus stewarti was named by Charig (1980). Its type specimen is BMNH R.3078, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Peterborough Brick Company, No. 1 yard, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cetiosauriscus stewarti Charig p. 242 figs. 13.1, 13.3
1983Cetiosauriscus stewarti Galton p. 3
1990Cetiosauriscus stewarti McIntosh p. 391
1995Cetiosauriscus stewarti Upchurch p. 254
1997Cetiosauriscus stewarti Smith p. 509
2003Cetiosauriscus stewarti Heathcote and Upchurch p. 60A
2003Cetiosauriscus stewarti Meyer and Thüring p. 108
2004Cetiosauriscus stewarti Upchurch et al. p. 265
2006Cetiosauriscus stewarti Harris pp. 1114-1115
2006Cetiosauriscus stewarti Royo-Torres et al. fig. S4
2007Cetiosauriscus stewarti Naish and Martill p. 498
2007Cetiosauriscus stewarti Royo-Torres et al. p. 184
2009Cetiosauriscus stewarti Santos et al. p. 420
2019Cetiosauriscus stewarti Holwerda et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Flagellicaudata
genusCetiosauriscus
speciesstewarti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cetiosauriscus stewarti Charig 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Cetiosaurus leedsi (type locality: 53680)