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Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus

Pronunciation:: KAM-ar-a-sore-us
Name meaning:: 'chambered lizard'

Camarasaurus

sauropod silhouette

Type of dinosaur:: sauropod
Length:: 23.0m
Weight:: 20000kg

Diet:: herbivorous
Teeth:: chisel-like, sharp, snipping teeth
Food:: tough plant material
How it moved:: on 4 legs
When it lived:: Late Jurassic, 150-140 million years ago
Found in:: USA

Camarasaurus used rows of close-set teeth to strip the leaves from trees and shrubs. Food was ground by stones in the stomach.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Camarasauridae
Named by:: Cope (1877)
Type species:: supremus

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