Dinosaurs A to Z
Dicraeosauridae

Kaatedocus siberi

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kaatedocus 14 m (46 ft) long
as long as 8 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Kaatedocus
Length
14 m (46 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (155 Mya)
Place
United States · Wyoming, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dicraeosauridae

Kaatedocus is a genus of flagellicaudatan sauropod known from the middle Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian stage) of northern Wyoming, United States. It is known from well-preserved skull and cervical vertebrae which were collected in the lower part of the Morrison Formation. The type and only species is Kaatedocus siberi, described in 2012 by Emanuel Tschopp and Octávio Mateus.

What we know

  • Named by Tschopp & Mateus, 2012.
  • Body length estimated at about 14 m.
  • Fossils found in United States and Wyoming, USA.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Kaatedocus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.