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Camarasauridae (camarasaurid)

Reptilia - Camarasauridae

Taxonomy
Camarasauridae was named by Cope (1877). Its type is Camarasaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Atlantosauridae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Morosauridae by Lull (1924) and Bonaparte (1978); it was misspelled as Camarosauridae by Jaekel (1911), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1946), Lapparent (1947), Huene (1948), Kuhn (1966), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Galton (1977), Borsuk-Bialynicka (1977), Bonaparte (1980), Kues et al. (1980), McIntosh (1981), Santafé et al. (1982), Dong et al. (1983), Russell (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Buscalioni and Sanz (1987), Jensen (1988), Carroll (1988), McIntosh (1990), Benton (1990), Molnar (1992), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Hunt et al. (1995), McIntosh et al. (1996), Zhang and Chen (1996), McIntosh (1997), Salgado et al. (1997), Dong (1998), Bonaparte (1999), Upchurch et al. (2004), Chure et al. (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Mocho et al. (2014), Mannion et al. (2019) and Apesteguía et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Opisthocoelia by Cope (1883); to Bothrosauropodidae by Huene (1948); to Bothrosauropodoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Neosauropoda by Upchurch (1995) and Upchurch (1995); to Sauropoda by Jaekel (1911), Molnar (1992) and McIntosh (1997); to Camarasauroidea by Dong (1998); to Sauropoda by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Galton (1977), Borsuk-Bialynicka (1977), Kues et al. (1980), Santafé et al. (1982), Dong et al. (1983), Russell (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Buscalioni and Sanz (1987), Jensen (1988), Carroll (1988), McIntosh (1990), Benton (1990), Hunt et al. (1995), McIntosh et al. (1996), Zhang and Chen (1996) and Bonaparte (1999); to Sauropoda by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1946), Lapparent (1947), Bonaparte (1980), McIntosh (1981) and Chure et al. (2006); to Camarasauromorpha by Salgado et al. (1997), Upchurch et al. (2004), Moser et al. (2006) and Mocho et al. (2014); to Eusauropoda by Mannion et al. (2019); and to Macronaria by Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007) and Apesteguía et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Camarasauridae Cope p. 3
1883Camarasauridae Cope p. 99
1911Camarosauridae Jaekel p. 159
1930Camarasauridae Hay p. 189
1946Camarasauridae Kuhn p. 66
1947Camarasauridae Lapparent p. 17
1948Camarasauridae Huene p. 91
1966Camarasauridae Kuhn p. 98
1970Camarasauridae Steel p. 63
1970Camarasauridae Swinton p. 167
1977Camarasauridae Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 8
1977Camarasauridae Galton p. 230
1977Camarasauridae Rozhdestvensky p. 112
1980Camarasauridae Bonaparte p. 82
1980Camarasauridae Kues et al. p. 867
1981Camarasauridae McIntosh p. 12
1982Camarasauridae Santafé et al. pp. 94-96
1983Camarasauridae Dong et al. p. 17
1984Camarasauridae Russell p. 29
1986Camarasauridae Bonaparte p. 254
1987Camarasauridae Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66
1988Camarasauridae Carroll
1988Camarasauridae Jensen
1990Camarasauridae Benton p. 19
1990Camarasauridae McIntosh p. 385
1992Camarasauridae Molnar p. 266
1995Camarasauridae Hunt et al. p. 263
1995Camarasauridae Upchurch p. 253
1996Camarasauridae McIntosh et al. p. 6
1996Camarasauridae Zhang and Chen
1997Camarasauridae McIntosh p. 656
1997Camarasauridae Salgado et al. p. 25 fig. 19
1998Camarasauridae Dong p. 84
1999Camarasauridae Bonaparte p. 152
2004Camarasauridae Upchurch et al. p. 266
2006Camarasauridae Chure et al. p. 236
2006Camarasauridae Moser et al. p. 45 fig. 10
2007Camarasauridae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 197
2014Camarasauridae Mocho et al.
2019Camarasauridae Mannion et al.
2021Camarasauridae Apesteguía et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Camarasauromorpha
familyCamarasauridae
familyCamarasauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Camarasauridae Cope 1877 [camarasaurid]
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G. †Camarasaurus Cope 1877
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Camarasaurus grandis Marsh 1877
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Invalid names: Morosaurus impar Marsh 1878 [synonym], Morosaurus robustus Marsh 1878 [synonym], Pleurocoelus montanus Marsh 1896 [synonym]
Camarasaurus lentus Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Camarasaurus annae Ellinger 1950 [synonym], Uintasaurus douglassi Holland 1919 [synonym]
Camarasaurus lewisi Jensen 1988
Camarasaurus supremus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Amphicoelias latus Cope 1877 [synonym], Camarasaurus leptodirus Cope 1879 [synonym], Caulodon diversidens Cope 1877 [synonym], Caulodon leptoganus Cope 1878 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cathetosaurus Jensen 1988 [synonym], Caulodon Cope 1877 [synonym], Morosaurus Marsh 1878 [synonym], Uintasaurus Holland 1919 [synonym]
G. †Lourinhasaurus Dantas et al. 1998
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Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957
Invalid names: Helopodinae Huene 1932 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. v. Huene 1948Snout short; 12 cervicals, 12 dorsals; bifid neural spines in posterior cervical and shoulder region; front leg shorter than hind leg. Upper Jurassic.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Maximum body mass: 30000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10000 kgg
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 166.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (142 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Uzbekistan (Farg'ona) Camarasauridae indet. (58184)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) Sauropoda indet. (37596)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Camarasaurus sp. (62561)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8USA (Wyoming) Camarasaurus sp. (126540)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Wyoming) Camarasaurus sp. (46465 57903 58510 75453 176983 176984) Morosaurus sp. (46460)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) Camarasauridae indet. (232576)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Montana) Camarasaurus sp. (49624)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Colorado) Camarasaurus sp. (35293 48171 154924) Camarasaurus supremus (11925)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (New Mexico) Camarasaurus sp. (22717 51990 51991)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Utah) Camarasaurus sp. (47196 49626 58514 58516 58517 96826 104715) Camarosaurus sp. (220417)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Montana) Camarasaurus sp. (50714)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Texas) Camarasaurus sp. (231290)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Apatosaurus grandis, Morosaurus impar, Morosaurus robustus, Pleurocoelus montanus (13212) Astrodon johnstoni (52816) Camarasaurus sp. (39337 39342 39344 39370 48837 49627 49628 49636 55320 55483 57893 57894 57895 57901 58507 58508 58509 58511 192707 207749 224377 226819 227262 230770 230774 231547 231552 231553 231568 231570 231573 231579) Camarasaurus sp., Astrodon johnstoni (52815) Morosaurus agilis (22648) Morosaurus grandis (13214 39340) Morosaurus sp. (12816 13352) Morosaurus sp., Morosaurus lentus (39253)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (South Dakota) Camarasaurus sp. (49631) Sauropoda indet. (49633)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) Camarasauridae indet. (36366)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Amphicoelias latus (48153 48158) Camarasaurus sp. (25141 48146 48147 48148 56596 66909 70029 70030 177496 192455 231533 231591 231618) Camarasaurus sp., Camarasaurus grandis (11611) Camarasaurus supremus (11924 48127 48149)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Camarosaurus sp. (182492)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8USA (Wyoming) Camarasauridae indet., Brachiosauridae indet. (22650)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain (Asturias) Camarasauridae indet. (84205)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Apatosaurus alenquerensis (49247) Apatosaurus alenquerensis, Morosaurus sp. (49229) Brontosaurus sp. (49218)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Camarasaurus sp. (28366 45975)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisboa) Apatosaurus alenquerensis (49230)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Utah) Camarasaurus sp. (192432)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Apatosaurus alenquerensis (49219)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Camarasaurus grandis (47065 49577)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Camarasaurus sp. (70031 70032)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (New Mexico) Camarasaurus supremus (68099)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Camarasauridae indet. (22678) Camarasaurus sp. (74663)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Oklahoma) Camarasaurus sp. (49596 49597)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (South Dakota) Camarasaurus sp. (132243) Sauropoda indet. (49630)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0France (Poitou-Charentes) Camarasauridae indet. (74076)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Camarasaurus grandis (48162) Camarasaurus leptodirus, Amphicoelias altus (48129) Camarasaurus sp. (48161 53040 154925) Camarasaurus sp., Camarasaurus grandis (55329)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Camarasaurus sp. (39347 55482)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Utah) Camarasaurus sp. (57913) Camarasaurus sp., Camarasaurus lentus, Camarasaurus supremus (46439)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Zimbabwe (Mashonaland North) Camarasaurus sp. (49100 49105)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Utah) Uintasaurus douglassi, Camarasaurus annae, Camarasaurus lentus (21852)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Haute-Marne) Megalosaurus sp. (35911)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Camarasaurus sp. (56654)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Camarasaurus sp. (48154 71476)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France (Poitou-Charentes) Camarasauridae indet. (61930)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Germany (Niedersachsen) Camarasauridae indet. (142027)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain (Aragón) Camarasauridae indet. A, Camarasauridae indet. B (36367)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Camarasauridae indet. (96079)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Croatia (Istarska) Camarasauridae indet. (26931)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Titanosauridae indet. (36368)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Camarasauridae indet. (52858)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5China (Xinjiang) Camarasauridae indet. (49047)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) Camarasauridae indet. (71480)