Camarasaurus

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Camarasaurus

Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Camarasaurus lentus skull.
Camarasaurus lentus skull.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Camarasauridae
Genus: Camarasaurus
Cope, 1877
Species
C. grandis
C. lentus
C. lewisi
C. supremus(type species)

Camarasaurus (meaning "chambered lizard") was a large plant-eating dinosaur. It was about 18 meters long and weighed about 18 metric tones.

There are four species of Camarasaurus:

  • C. grandis
  • C. lentus
  • C. lewisi
  • C. supremus

It was shown in the movie When Dinosaurs Roamed America.