Camarasaurus dinosaur facts, stats and image

CAMARASAURUS

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PRONUNCIATION:

kuh-MARE-uh-SAWR-us

TRANSLATION:

Chambered Lizard

ALSO KNOWN AS:

Morosaurus

DESCRIPTION:

Herbivore, Quadrupedal

ORDER:

Saurischia

SUBORDER:

Sauropodomorpha

INFRAORDER:

Sauropoda

MICRO-ORDER:

n/a

SUPERFAMILY:

n/a

FAMILY:

Camarasauridae

HEIGHT:

23 feet (7 meters)

LENGTH:

60 feet (18.3 meters)

WEIGHT:

40,000 lbs (18,144 kg)

PERIOD:

Late Jurassic

NOTES:

Camarasaurus is the best known sauropod found in North America and the most abundant of fossils in the Late Jurassic. A complete, nearly perfect skeleton of a juvenile, 17-feet (5.2-meters) long, was found in Utah. Its head was short and box like with nostrils set above the snout and in front of the eyes. The weight of its backbone was lightened by holes in its vertebrae. Its neck was shorter and thicker than most sauropods and it possessed a short and somewhat flattened tail. The fore limbs and hindlegs of Camarasaurus were about the same length.





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