Species
Valid Extinct

Camarasaurus lentus

(Marsh 1889)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
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 lentus Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
9
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
7
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
2
Synonyms (2)
Camarasaurus annae subjective synonym of Camarasaurus lentus
Uintasaurus douglassi subjective synonym of Camarasaurus lentus
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of new American Dinosauria. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:331-336 DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
J. R. Foster, R. K. Hunt-Foster, and M. A. Gorman, KC Trujillo, C. A. Suarez, J. B. McHugh, J. E. Peterson, J. P. Warnock, H. E. Schoenstein. 2018. Paleontology, taphonomy, and sedimentology of the Mygatt-Moore Quarry, a large dinosaur bonebed in the Morrison Formation, western Colorado—implications for Upper Jurassic dinosaur preservation modes. Geology of the Intermountain West 5:23-93 DOI ↗
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
T. U. H. Ellinger. 1950. Camarosaurus annae—a new American sauropod dinosaur. The American Naturalist 84(816):225-228
W. J. Holland. 1919. Section V. Paleontology. Carnegie Institute, Annual Reports 1918-1919:167-169
O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of new American Dinosauria. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:331-336 DOI ↗