Cedarosaurus

• North America (Utah )

• Cedarosaurus weiskopfae

Cedarosaurus ( " Cedar lizard" ) is a dinosaur genus from the Lower Cretaceous ( Barremian ) of North America and one of the medium sized Brachiosauridae. In the genus which belongs to the sauropods, so far only the type species Cedarosaurus weiskopfae was provided.

Fossils of this animal have been found in present-day U.S. state of Utah. The dinosaur was about 20 feet long, about 10 meters high ( head height ) and weighed estimated to be 40 tons. However, these data are inaccurate because of Cedarosaurus far only the incomplete skeleton of a single individual ( holotype DMNH 39045 ) were found. Like all sauropods Cedarosaurus walked on four legs and was a herbivore. Typical of a Brachiosauriden were the front legs were longer than its hind legs, and a " hump " on the skull at the front were the nostrils.

The type Cedarosaurus weiskopfae was discovered by paleontologists Virginia Tidwell, Kenneth Carpenter and William Brooks 1999. The genus they named after their location in the Cedar Mountain Formation ( Yellow Cat Member), the specific epithet honors the late Carol Weiskopf.