Camarasaurus

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Camarasaurus

Entry/Object ID

2011.57.49 (a),(b),(c),(d

Description

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: Chordata

Collection

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition

Accession

2011.57

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition Method

Long-term Loan

Dimensions

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

Left

Drawer

TopShelf

Shelf

Right

Cabinet

Case # 50

Wall

North

Room

Delmar Smith Hall

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Permanent