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Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus lentus (Marsh 1889)

Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 154.8–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Camarasaurus lentus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Marsh 1889). The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~30%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Camarasaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Camarasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Camarasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Allosaurus
Allosaurus fragilis
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predator–prey
Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus tanneri
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predator–prey
Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus gurneyi
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coexisted–with
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
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coexisted–with
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus armatus
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coexisted–with
Camptosaurus
Camptosaurus dispar
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coexisted–with
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus stenops
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same–clade
Daanosaurus
Daanosaurus zhangi
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