Chebsaurus
Sauropod dinosaur genus from Middle Jurassic Algeria
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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 metres (26 to 30 ft) long.[1]
| Chebsaurus Temporal range: Callovian, | |
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| Life restoration of the head | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Cetiosauridae |
| Genus: | †Chebsaurus Mahammed et al., 2005 |
| Species: | †C. algeriensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahemmed et al., 2005 | |
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.[2]
Both skeletons, including cranial material, were found in the Ksour Mountains, part of the Occidental Saharan Atlas (Algerian High Atlas).
