Chebsaurus

Chebsaurus; Temporal range: Callovian, 165–163 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Life restoration of the head
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
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

Chebsaurus is a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous, cetiosaurid sauropod dinosaur, specifically a eusauropod. It lived in present-day Algeria, in the Callovian aged . 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]

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., gives 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, was found in the Ksour Mountains, part of the Occidental Saharan Atlas (Algerian High Atlas).

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^ Mahammed, Farida; Läng, Émilie; Mami, Leïla; Mekahli, Larbi; Benhamou, Miloud; Bouterfa, Boumediène; Kacemi, Ali; Chérief, Sid-Ali; Chaouati, Hayate (December 2005). "The 'Giant of Ksour', a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4 (8): 707–714. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.07.001. ISSN 1631-0683.
^ Läng, Emilie; Mahammed, Farida (March 2010). "New anatomical data and phylogenetic relationships of Chebsaurus algeriensis (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Algeria". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 142–164. doi:10.1080/08912960903515570. ISSN 0891-2963.

Chebsaurus

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