Chebsaurus algeriensis Chebsaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chebsaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (165–163 Mya)
- Place
- Algeria
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Cetiosauridae
Chebsaurus is a genus of 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 Mahammed et al. and is the most complete Algerian sauropod known. It was around 8 to 9 long.
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., gave Chebsaurus the nickname “the Giant of Ksour”. A second skeleton, also from a juvenile of a similar ontogenetic stage, is also known.
What we know
- Named by Mahemmed et al., 2005.
- Fossils found in Algeria.