Species
Valid Extinct

Camarasaurus supremus

Cope 1877

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
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 supremus Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
7
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Synonyms (4)
Amphicoelias latus subjective synonym of Camarasaurus supremus
Camarasaurus leptodirus subjective synonym of Camarasaurus supremus
Caulodon diversidens subjective synonym of Camarasaurus supremus
Caulodon leptoganus subjective synonym of Camarasaurus supremus
Bibliography
Original description
E. D. Cope. 1877. On a gigantic saurian from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Paleontological Bulletin 25:5-10
Bibliography (5)
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
E. S. Riggs. 1901. The fore leg and pectoral girdle of Morosaurus, with a note on the genus Camarosaurus. Field Columbian Museum Publication 63, Geological Series 1(10):275-281
E. D. Cope. 1879. New Jurassic Dinosauria. American Naturalist 13:402-404
E. D. Cope. 1877. On a gigantic saurian from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Paleontological Bulletin 25:5-10
E. D. Cope. 1877. On Amphicoelias, a genus of Saurians from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:242-246