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Camarasauridae (camarasaurid)
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).
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).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Camarasauridae Cope p. 3 |
| 1883 | Camarasauridae Cope p. 99 |
| 1911 | Camarosauridae Jaekel p. 159 |
| 1930 | Camarasauridae Hay p. 189 |
| 1946 | Camarasauridae Kuhn p. 66 |
| 1947 | Camarasauridae Lapparent p. 17 |
| 1948 | Camarasauridae Huene p. 91 |
| 1966 | Camarasauridae Kuhn p. 98 |
| 1970 | Camarasauridae Steel p. 63 |
| 1970 | Camarasauridae Swinton p. 167 |
| 1977 | Camarasauridae Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 8 |
| 1977 | Camarasauridae Galton p. 230 |
| 1977 | Camarasauridae Rozhdestvensky p. 112 |
| 1980 | Camarasauridae Bonaparte p. 82 |
| 1980 | Camarasauridae Kues et al. p. 867 |
| 1981 | Camarasauridae McIntosh p. 12 |
| 1982 | Camarasauridae Santafé et al. pp. 94-96 |
| 1983 | Camarasauridae Dong et al. p. 17 |
| 1984 | Camarasauridae Russell p. 29 |
| 1986 | Camarasauridae Bonaparte p. 254 |
| 1987 | Camarasauridae Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66 |
| 1988 | Camarasauridae Carroll |
| 1988 | Camarasauridae Jensen |
| 1990 | Camarasauridae Benton p. 19 |
| 1990 | Camarasauridae McIntosh p. 385 |
| 1992 | Camarasauridae Molnar p. 266 |
| 1995 | Camarasauridae Hunt et al. p. 263 |
| 1995 | Camarasauridae Upchurch p. 253 |
| 1996 | Camarasauridae McIntosh et al. p. 6 |
| 1996 | Camarasauridae Zhang and Chen |
| 1997 | Camarasauridae McIntosh p. 656 |
| 1997 | Camarasauridae Salgado et al. p. 25 fig. 19 |
| 1998 | Camarasauridae Dong p. 84 |
| 1999 | Camarasauridae Bonaparte p. 152 |
| 2004 | Camarasauridae Upchurch et al. p. 266 |
| 2006 | Camarasauridae Chure et al. p. 236 |
| 2006 | Camarasauridae Moser et al. p. 45 fig. 10 |
| 2007 | Camarasauridae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 197 |
| 2014 | Camarasauridae Mocho et al. |
| 2019 | Camarasauridae Mannion et al. |
| 2021 | Camarasauridae Apesteguía et al. |
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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
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. v. Huene 1948 | Snout short; 12 cervicals, 12 dorsals; bifid neural spines in posterior cervical and shoulder region; front leg shorter than hind leg. Upper Jurassic. |