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Calamosaurus
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Calamosaurus.jpg
Cervical vertebra of Calamosaurus foxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Suborder:
Theropoda
Infraorder:
Coelurosauria
Family:
Compsognathidae
Genus:
Calamosaurus

Calamosaurus was a genus of small theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight.

Paleobiology

As a possible basal coelurosaur, Calamosaurus would have been a small, agile, bipedal carnivore. Naish et al 2001. estimate the living animal would have been around 3–5 meters long (9.8-16.4 feet), with a small head given the build of the neck vertebrae.

There is too little material to say much more about it.

Images for kids

  • Calamosaurus vertebra

    Illustration of the vertebra

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Calamosaurus foxi para niños

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