Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Camptosaurus
Camptosaurus dispar (Marsh 1879)
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 154.8–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Camptosaurus dispar is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Marsh 1879). 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 Camptosaurus sits in deep time
Camptosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Camptosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.