Camarasaurus
E278740
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
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.
this entity surface form:
Camarasaurus supremus