Name/Title
CamarasaurusEntry/Object ID
2011.57.49 (a),(b),(c),(dDescription
Description: Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Camarasuridae
Order: Saurischia
Common Name: Plant Eating Dinosaur
Age: Jurassic
Location: Morrison Formation, north of Shell, Wyoming
Description: (4) specimens, all in a rough suface configuration. These are in 4 out of 5 stages of lab preperation, from ground to the smooth finished specimen. (final stage is not present).
Physical Characteristics:
Camarasaurus ( /?kæm?r?'s?r?s/ kam-?-r?-sawr-?s) meaning 'chambered lizard', referring to the hollow chambers in its vertebrae (Greek ?aµa?a/kamara meaning 'vaulted chamber', or anything with an arched cover, and sa????/sauros meaning 'lizard') was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs. It was the most common of the giant sauropods to be found in North America. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation of Colorado and Utah, dating to the late Jurassic Period (late Oxfordian to Tithonian stages), between 155 and 145 million years ago.
Family: Camarasuridae
Genus: Camasaurus
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Reptilia
Order: Saurischia
Phylum: ChordataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Dimension Notes
(a), 5.00"x1.00"x1.00"
(b),3.675"x1.500"x1.125"
(c),4.500"x2.125"x1.250"
(d),9.875"x1.675"x.875"Location
Location
Container
LeftDrawer
TopShelfShelf
RightCabinet
Case # 50Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent