Haestasaurus Upchurch et al. 2015 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, and M. P. Taylor. 2015. The anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of “Pelorosaurus“ becklesii (Neosauropoda, Macronaria) from the Early Cretaceous of England. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0125819:1-51

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Mannion et al. 2017 and Upchurch et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Amanzia, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Haestasaurus becklesii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at low-water mark, near Hastings (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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