Caitlin the Camptosaurus

Let’s Learn About … Caitlin the Camptosaurus

Did You Know?

• The name ‘Camptosaurus’ means ‘bent lizard’. • It was called this in 1879 by palaeontologist O C Marsh because when Camptosaurus What Did stood on all fours, its back was noticeably bent. • Camptosaurus probably stood on two legs as well as four, especially when it was Caitlin Eat? younger. When Did Caitlin Live and how long could Caitlin live? • Standing on two legs would have helped it reach more of the tasty leaves it ate. 144 – 99 million years ago

161 – 144 million years ago

Caitlin the Camptosaurus was a herbivore, so she … and maybe even the Early Cretaceous period … erianCaitlin the Camptosaurusriassic urassic Cretacious aleocene loved plants! She probably lived in the Mid to Late ate cycads, conifers and Jurassic period … ferns – plants that needed a lot of chewing! Caitlin the Camptosaurus TodayTodaymay 248 mya 206 mya 144 mya have lived for 5065 – mya70 years.

ears ago!! aleooic mya = MILLIONS of y esooic Cenooic How Big Was Caitlin? Where Did Caitlin Live?

When fully grown, Caitlin the Camptosaurus would have been 5 – 8 Caitlin the Camptosaurus lived in North America, plus Eastern and metres long and weighed anywhere from 0.5 – 2.5 tons (that’s the same Western Europe. She spent her time in the forest, probably near weight as a giraffe!) rivers, where all her favourite food was.

Who Did Caitlin Live With?

Caitlin’s footprints

Caitlin the Camptosaurus probably lived in a group with other Camptosaurus.

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