Camptosaurus
"flexible lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • C. dispar (Marsh, 1879) (originally "Camptonotus") "disparate flexible lizard"
    OTHER SPECIES:
  • ?C. depressus Gilmore, 1909 [nomen dubium?]
  • C. leedsi Lydekker, 1889
  • C. prestwichii (Hulke, 1880) (originally Cumnoria)

    MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
  • C. amplus (Marsh, 1879) (originally "Camptonotus") ?= Allosaurus fragilis
  • C. browni Gilmore, 1909 == C. dispar
  • C. inkeyi (Nopcsa, 1899) (originally Rhabdodon) == R. priscus
  • C. medius Marsh, 1894 == C. dispar
  • C. nanus Marsh, 1894 "dwarf flexible lizard" == C. dispar
  • C. valdensis Lydekker, 1889 [nomen dubium] "flexible lizard from the Wealden Formation" == Valdosaurus canaliculatus
  • "C." sp. » Iguanodontoidea incertae sedis 
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia

see also: Genus Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 3.5 m to 7 m

see also: World Records

TIME

Kimmeridgian to Tithonian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Camptosaurus depressus may not even represent an ornithopod.

IMAGES

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KENT CALDWELL

Photography

 [THUMBNAIL] skeletal mount depicting Allosaurus fragilis attacking a terrified Camptosaurus dispar (exhibit found at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.)
KELLY E. TAYLOR

Paint

 [THUMBNAIL] An Allosaurus fragilis ambushes a pair of Camptosaurus dispar.
T. MICHAEL KEESEY

Ink

 [THUMBNAIL] a charging Camptosaurus dispar

see also: Art Gallery

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