Species
Valid Extinct

Camarasaurus grandis

(Marsh 1877)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Camarasauromorpha Unranked clade
Camarasauridae Family
Camarasaurus Genus
Camarasaurus grandis Species
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
13
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
13
Synonyms (3)
Morosaurus impar subjective synonym of Camarasaurus grandis
Morosaurus robustus subjective synonym of Camarasaurus grandis
Pleurocoelus montanus subjective synonym of Camarasaurus grandis
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles from the Jurassic formation. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:514-516 DOI ↗
Bibliography (13)
J. R. Foster. 2005. New juvenile sauropod material from western Colorado, and the record of juvenile sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
T. Ikejiri. 2005. Distribution and biochronology of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Rocky Mountain region. New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference, Geology of the Chama Basin. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 56:367-379 DOI ↗
T. Ikejiri, V. Tidwell, and D. L. Trexler. 2005. New adult specimens of Camarasaurus lentus highlight ontogenetic variation within the species. Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
L. A. McWhinney, K. Carpenter, and B. Rothschild. 2001. Dinosaurian humeral periostitis: a case of a juxtacortical lesion in the fossil record. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie
J. H. Ostrom and J. S. McIntosh. 1999. Marsh's Dinosaurs: The Collections from Como Bluff. Yale University Press, New Haven
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
J. S. McIntosh, C. A. Miles, and K. C. Cloward, J. R. Parker. 1996. A new nearly complete skeleton of Camarasaurus. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 1:1-87
W. L. Chenoweth. 1991. Relocating Elmer Riggs’ Quarry No. 12. Guidebook for Dinosaur Quarries and Tracksites Tour, Western Colorado and Eastern Utah
S. W. Williston. 1898. The sacrum of Morosaurus. Kansas University Quarterly 7:173-175
O. C. Marsh. 1896. The dinosaurs of North America. United States Geological Survey, 16th Annual Report, 1894-95 55:133-244 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1878. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles. American Journal of Science and Arts 15:241-244 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles from the Jurassic formation. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:514-516 DOI ↗