Reptilia - Saurischia - Camarasauridae
Alternative spellings: Camarosaurus, Camerasaurus
Synonyms: Cathetosaurus Jensen 1988, Caulodon Cope 1877, Morosaurus Marsh 1878, Mososaurus Marsh 1878, Uintasaurus Holland 1919
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On a gigantic saurian from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Paleontological Bulletin 25:5-10
Parent taxon: Camarasauridae according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019
See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Apaldetti et al. 2013, Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía 2005, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Canudo et al. 2010, Carpenter and McIntosh 1994, Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Coombs and Molnar 1981, Cope 1877, Cope 1878, Cope 1878, Cope 1891, Cope 1898, D'Emic 2012, Depéret 1896, Dodson 1997, Dollo 1884, Dong 1998, Foster 2005, Foster and Peterson 2016, Gadow 1897, Gadow 1898, Gadow 1901, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Galton 1977, Gilmore 1925, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holland 1919, Huene 1908, Huene 1908, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Hunt and Lucas 1993, Ikejiri 2005, Jensen 1988, Joleaud 1922, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Lapparent 1943, Lull 1924, Madsen and Miller 1979, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1878, Marsh 1881, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Marsh 1897, Marsh 1898, Matthew 1915, McIntosh 1981, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, Mcintosh et al. 1992, McIntosh et al. 1996, McIntosh et al. 1996, Miller et al. 1991, Mocho et al. 2014, Mook 1914, Moser et al. 2006, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Osborn 1930, Osborn and Mook 1919, Osborn and Mook 1919, Quenstedt 1882, Rich et al. 1983, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Russell 1984, Santafé et al. 1982, Santafé-Llopis et al. 1981, Sanz 1986, Sauvage 1882, Sauvage 1895, Sauvage 1896, Sauvage 1898, Seeley 1879, Sekiya 2011, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno et al. 1999, Smith et al. 2001, Steel 1970, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Swinton 1936, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor et al. 2011, Tornier 1913, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1997, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch et al. 2007, von Zittel 1911, Whitlock 2011, Williston 1878, Wilson 2002, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Winkler 1893, Xing et al. 2015 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Helopodinae, Lourinhasaurus
Subtaxa: Camarasaurus grandis Camarasaurus lentus Camarasaurus lewisi Camarasaurus supremus Morosaurus marchei
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Portugal (1), United States (121: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Zimbabwe (2)
Total: 125 collections including 135 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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