Kaatedocus

Kaatedocus siberi

Kaatedocus — scientific reconstruction

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.

Family
Diplodocidae
Order
Saurischia
Period
Jurassic (154.0–150.0 Ma)
Diet
Herbivore
Length
14.0 m
Weight
7.0–8.0 t
Type locality
Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA
Holotype
SMA-0004
PBDB
txn:253018

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