Camposaurus Camposaurus arizonensis Hunt et al. 1998
/ˌkæmpoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Arizona
Formation
Chinle
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Camposaurus arizonensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Arizona, United States. It was named by Hunt et al. 1998. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Camposaurus arizonensis sits in deep time
Camposaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Camposaurus arizonensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.