Rhoetosaurus

Say it reet-oh-sore-us. The name means ‘Rhoetan lizard’.

Rhoetosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 15 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Mid Jurassic177 to 169 million years ago
Fossils found in: Australia
Named by: Longman (1926)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda

Where Rhoetosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Amygdalodon Mid Jurassic
Cetiosauriscus Mid Jurassic
Bellusaurus Mid Jurassic
Yuanmousaurus Mid Jurassic
Cetiosaurus Mid Jurassic
Datousaurus Mid Jurassic
Shunosaurus Mid Jurassic
Barapasaurus Early Jurassic

Source: Rhoetosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.