A Guide to the Dinosaurs of Colorado
On Dinosaur Classification
On Scientific Names
The Basics of Taxonomy
An Introduction to Cladistcs
Taxonomy of the Dinosaurs of Colorado
Cladogram of the Dinosaurs of Colorado
About the Dinosaurs of Colorado
Geological
Time Chart
    

Genus Camarasaurus

Includes material originally referred to: Caulodon, Morosaurus, Uintasaurus.

Taxonomy: Recognized Species
Class Dinosauria
  Subclass Sauropodomorpha
    Order Sauropoda
      Suborder Titanosauria
        Family Camarasauridae
C. supremus Cope, 1877
  Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico.
C. grandis Marsh, 1877
  Colorado, Wyoming, Montana.
C. lentus Marsh, 1889
  Wyoming, Utah.
C. alenquerensis Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957
  Estremadura, Portugal.
C. lewisi Jensen, 1988
  Colorado.
Species in Colorado: Camarasaurus supremus
Camarasaurus grandis
Camarasaurus lewisi
Size: Where found:
Up to 59 feet
18 meters		 Morrison Formation of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
Period: Age:
Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
  144 to 156 Ma.
(Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian for C. alenquerensis)
Material Found
C. supremus
Five (or more) partial skeletons, including braincase and jaws.
C. grandis
Six (or more) partial skeletons, two skulls, many postcranial pieces.
C. lentus
Five skeletons with skulls, many postcranial pieces.
C. alenquerensis
Partial skeleton, lacking skull & neck, material from at least eight other individuals.
C. lewisi
Nearly complete postcranial skeleton.

Information compiled by Donald L. Blanchard

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