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Camarasaurus — Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus — Mario modesto, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 3.0

Dinosaur

Camarasaurus

Chambered lizard

Camarasaurus is the most abundant sauropod of the Morrison Formation, a boxy-skulled animal 15–20 m long. Its spoon-shaped teeth with a chisel-worn tip are the commonest sauropod teeth on the market; vertebrae, chevrons and limb-bone sections also appear. Camarasaurus teeth are easily confused with Brachiosaurus, which is much rarer.

PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSaurischia
FamilyCamarasauridae
GroupDinosaur
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorCope 1877· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Chordata › Saurischia › NO_ORDER_SPECIFIED › Camarasauridae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)162–143 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences138· Paleobiology Database

Photographs

Camarasaurus — Camarasaurus Cope, 1877, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV R 12154)
Camarasaurus Cope, 1877, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV R 12154) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Camarasaurus" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/camarasaurus. Accessed 2026-09-20.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-camarasaurus,
  title        = {Camarasaurus},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/camarasaurus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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