Chebsaurus
Chebsaurus | |
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Life restoration of the head | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
Genus: | †Chebsaurus Mahammed et al., 2005 |
Species: | †C. algeriensis |
Binomial name | |
Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahemmed et al., 2005 | |
Chebsaurus is a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous, cetiosaurid sauropod dinosaur, specifically a eusauropod. It lived in present-day Algeria, in the Callovian aged Aïssa Formation. The type species, C. algeriensis, was named in 2005 by Farida Mahammed and is the most complete Algerian sauropod known. It was around 8 to 9 metres (26 to 30 ft) long. [1]
The word "Cheb" "شاب" is colloquial Arabic for "young man", as the fossils found were believed to be from a juvenile. The original publication, by Mahammed et al., gives Chebsaurus the nickname "the Giant of Ksour". A second skeleton, also from a juvenile of a similar ontogenetic stage is also known.[2]
Both skeletons, including cranial material, was found in the Ksour Mountains, part of the Occidental Saharan Atlas (Algerian High Atlas).
References
- ↑ Mahammed, Farida; Läng, Émilie; Mami, Leïla; Mekahli, Larbi; Benhamou, Miloud; Bouterfa, Boumediène; Kacemi, Ali; Chérief, Sid-Ali; Chaouati, Hayate (2005-12). "The 'Giant of Ksour', a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4 (8): 707–714. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.07.001. ISSN 1631-0683. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Läng, Emilie; Mahammed, Farida (2010-03). "New anatomical data and phylogenetic relationships of Chebsaurus algeriensis(Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Algeria". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 142–164. doi:10.1080/08912960903515570. ISSN 0891-2963. Check date values in:
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Further reading
- Original paper, in English and French