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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