Camarasaurus is a sauropod or long-necked di-  e arched skull of Camarasaurus was remarkably Camarasaurus nosaur. Its teeth show that it was an herbivore, or square and the blunt snout had many openings, al- plant-eater. Our Camarasaurus specimen has a though it was sturdy and is frequently recovered in scapula or shoulder blade that is 3 1/2 feet long, good condition. it could have weighed over 20 tons. Our Camara- saurus is approximately 50% real bone; the rest are plastic replicas from other specimens.  e specimen came from the Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

 e name refers to the hollow chambers in its verte- brae. It was the most common sauropod in the Mor- rison Formation throughout the Western US.  e abundant remains suggest that Camarasaurus may have traveled in herds or family groups for protec- tion against packs of Allosaurus. Scienti c Name: Camarasaurus Pronounced: KAM-uh-ruh-SAWR-us Our pelvis is a cast from a specimen collected from It was rst found in 1877 when parts of a skeleton Name Meaning: Chambered Lizard the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. It shows were discovered in Colorado by Oramel W. Lucas. Time Period: Late Jurassic about 150 MYA parallel gouges from the teeth of a scavanger, pos-  e bones were shipped to Edward Drinker Cope Length: 50 feet (15 meters) sibly Allosaurus. in Philadelphia and named by him later that year. A Height: 18 feet (6 meters) nearly complete skeleton of a juvenile was excavat- Weight: 40,000 pounds (20,000 kilograms)  e skull of Camarasaurus was short and deep, its ed by the Carnegie Museum at Dinosaur National Diet: Herbivore (plant eater) nostrils were located in the large opening atop the Monument. Places Found: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, snout. and Wyoming Discoverer: Oramel W Lewis (1877)

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