Cetiosaurus

Cetiosaurus (Whale Lizard)

18m Long

Europe: England

Middle Jurassic (170-160 MYA)

Herbivore

Sauropoda

'''Cetiosaurus was the largest living thing that walked the country of England for it's term of whale lizard which was named by paleontologist Ricard Owen in the 19th century, derives from its huge bones thinking it belonged to a whale and not to a animal that would weigh more than 2 African bull elephants. They lived up to the point when it's environment began becoming smaller and becomes less of a forest land and more into marshland possibly causing their extinction. They would have been the favorite meal for theropod dinosaurs like Megalosaurus and Eustreptospondylus though these creatures would have lived in herds just all most other plant-eaters for mainly for protection but, also to find new food and water locations around the country.'''

'''Though what made Cetiosaurus unique unlike other sauropods is that it's vertebrae were not hollow which would help reduce their crushing weight their bones were made as solid bone. Another adaption to make them perfectly suited to living in forests is that their legs were a lot longer than most sauropod legs at that time which might have allowed them to make sprints to try to outrun their predators. Unlike most other sauropods it had a shorter neck and tail than other long neck dinosaurs which would have been made up for it's longer legs a bulkier body.'''