Kaatedocus siberi Kaatedocus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kaatedocus 14 m (46 ft) long
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- 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.