''Chebsaurus'' is a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous,

cetiosaurid Cetiosauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs which was first proposed by Richard Lydekker in 1888. While traditionally a wastebasket taxon containing various unrelated species, some recent studies have found that it may represent a natural cl ...

sauropod Sauropoda (), whose members are known as sauropods (; from '' sauro-'' + '' -pod'', 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their bo ...

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 long. The word "Cheb" "شاب" is colloquial Arabic language, 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 Range, Ksour". A second skeleton, also from a juvenile of a similar ontogenetic stage, is also known. Both skeletons, including cranial material, was found in the Ksour Range, Ksour Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountains, Occidental Saharan Atlas (Algerian High Atlas).

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