Definition of Camarasaurus. Meaning of Camarasaurus. Synonyms of Camarasaurus

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Definition of Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus Cam`a*ra*sau"rus, n. [NL. fr. Gr. ? a vaulted chamber + ? lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr[ae].

Meaning of Camarasaurus from wikipedia

- "lizard"). Camarasaurus contains four species that are commonly recognized as valid: Camarasaurus grandis, Camarasaurus lentus, Camarasaurus lewisi, and...
- is the type species of Camarasaurus, which also includes the species Camarasaurus grandis, Camarasaurus lentus, and Camarasaurus lewisi. C. supremus was...
- reclassified as a species of Camarasaurus; most researchers since have considered it to be one of the four valid species of Camarasaurus. Two unpublished studies...
- well-known genus Camarasaurus. C. lentus fossils have been found in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. It is the species of Camarasaurus found in Dinosaur...
- of the genus Camarasaurus. Camarasaurus grandis was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877. It is one of four valid species of Camarasaurus, alongside Camarasaurus...
- staff placed a cast of a Camarasaurus skull on the mount. While most other museums were using cast or sculpted Camarasaurus skulls on Apatosaurus mounts...
- distal ends of the ischia that the specimen shares with Camarasaurus. The authors proposed ?Camarasaurus alenquerensis as a provisory ****ignation for the specimen...
- genera include Apatosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Alamosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, and Mamenchisaurus. The oldest known unequivocal sauropod...
- quite as thick as in Camarasaurus. The coracoid found alongside the sca**** is far more similar to Diplodocus than Camarasaurus, being round and longer...
- Giraffatitan and Camarasaurus. The dentaries (the bones of the lower jaws that contained the teeth) were robust, though less than in Camarasaurus. The upper...