Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus Rango fósil: Xurásico Superior
Esqueleto montado no Museo do Xurásico de Asturias.
Clasificación científica
Reino: Animalia Filo: Chordata Clase: Sauropsida Superorde: Dinosauria Orde: Saurischia Suborde: Sauropodomorpha Infraorde: Sauropoda (sen clasif.): Macronaria Familia: Camarasauridae Subfamilia: Camarasaurinae Xénero: ''Camarasaurus'' Cope, 1877
Especie tipo
''Camarasaurus supremus'' Cope, 1877a
Especies
C. supremus Cope, 1877a C. grandis (Marsh, 1877) C. lentus (Marsh, 1889)
Sinonimia
Caulodon Cope, 1877c Morosaurus Marsh, 1878 Uintasaurus Holland, 1924

Camarasaurus era un xénero de dinosauro herbívoro cuadrúpede. Era o máis común dos saurópodos xigantes descubertos en América do Norte. Este fósil foi descuberto na formación Morrison de Colorado e Utah, e data do Xurásico Superior (dende o Kimmeridgian até o Tithonian), hai uns 155 a 145 millóns de anos. Os Camarasaurus presentaban unha distintiva forma cranial cun fociño romo e un cranio arqueado que era notablemente cadrado. Crese que podía viaxar en mandas, ou cando menos en grupos familiares.

O seu nome quere dicir "lagarto de cámara", referíndose ás cámaras ocas nas vértebras (do grego καμαρα/kamara que quere dicir "cámara abovedada", e σαυρος/sauros que quere dicir "lagarto").

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Bibliografía

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