What is Cedarosaurus?
{{italictitle}} {{speciesbox | fossil_range= [[Early Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|126}} | genus = Cedarosaurus | image = Cedarosaurus SW.png | image_caption = Life restoration | parent_authority = Tidwell ''et al.'', 1999 | species = weiskopfae | authority = Tidwell ''et al.'', 1999 }} '''Cedarosaurus''' is a [[genus]] of [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Lower Cretaceous]] [[epoch (geology)|epoch]].<ref>Michael P. Taylor; Mathew J. Wedel; Richard L. Cifelli, 'A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA', ''Acta Palaeontologica Polonica'', Vol. 56, No.1 (2011), p. 75</ref> It was a [[herbivore]] of unknown size.<ref name=prehistwl>{{cite web |url=http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/cedarosaurus.html |title=Cedarosaurus |publisher=Prehistoric-Wildlife.com |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114085943/http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/cedarosaurus.html/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cedarosaurus was named for the [[Cedar Mountain Formation]] in eastern [[Utah]], [[USA]].<ref name=prehistwl/> It was a [[Brachiosaur|brachiosaurid sauropod]] that ate tall [[vegetation]] from the [[tree]] [[canopy (biology)|canopy]].<ref name=prehistwl/> The skeleton was found in the Cedar Mountains the late 1990s by a team of [[paleontologist]]s from the [[Denver Museum of Nature and Science]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5494 |title=Images |website=The Earth Observatory |publisher= EOS Project Science Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> The skeleton was missing the [[neck]], [[head]] and other parts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/CEDAROSAURUS |title=Cedarosaurus |publisher=Dinochecker.com |access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp7rSJB1j4M Cedarosaurus; YouTube] [[Category:Sauropods]] [[Category:Dinosaurs of