Camarasaurus

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Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Camarasaurus canonical 6
Camarasaurus supremus 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf herbivorous dinosaur
prehistoric animal
sauropod dinosaur
belongsToFamily Camarasauridae
bodyPlan long-necked
long-tailed
class Reptilia
coexistedWith Allosaurus
Apatosaurus
Diplodocus
diet herbivorous
estimatedLength 15–23 meters
estimatedMass up to about 20 metric tons
family Camarasauridae
fossilSite Morrison Formation
fossilType relatively complete skeletons
foundIn Colorado
New Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States

Utah
Wyoming
geologicalAge Kimmeridgian stage
surface form: Kimmeridgian

Tithonian
geologicalPeriod Late Jurassic
habitat floodplains
riverine environments
infraorder Sauropoda
kingdom Animalia
livedIn North America
locomotion quadrupedal
namedBy Edward Drinker Cope
nameMeaning chambered lizard
notableAnatomicalFeature hollowed vertebrae with chambers
large, boxy skull
shorter neck relative to some other sauropods
spoon-shaped teeth
order Saurischia
paleobiology likely gregarious behavior
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
skeletonCompleteness one of the most commonly found sauropods in the Morrison Formation
suborder Sauropodomorpha
superorder Dinosauria
taxonRank genus
temporalRange approximately 155–145 million years ago
toothMorphology robust, spatulate teeth suited for coarse vegetation
typeSpecies Camarasaurus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Camarasaurus supremus
yearDescribed 1877

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Jurassic notableTaxon Camarasaurus
Como Bluff yieldedTaxon Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus typeSpecies Camarasaurus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Camarasaurus supremus
Allosaurus coexistedWith Camarasaurus