Camptosaurus facts for kids
| Camptosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic, 156–145 mya |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | Cerapoda |
| Infraorder: | Ornithopoda |
| Family: | Camptosauridae |
| Genus: | Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885 |
Camptosaurus (meaning "bent lizard") was a plant-eater from the Upper Jurassic (about 156 to 145 million years ago) that looked a lot like Iguanodon.
It was a heavy ornithischian dinosaur that was about 16-23 feet (5-7 m) long and 3-4 feet (1 m) high at the hips, weighing roughly 2,200 pounds (1000 kg). It had a long snout, hundreds of teeth and a horny beak. Its legs were longer than its arms; it had four-toed feet and five-fingered arms, all with hooves. It could walk on two or four legs, it probably went on all four to graze for low-lying plants.
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Wikispecies has information on: Camptosaurus. |
Images for kids
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Restoration
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Historical skeletal restoration by O.C. Marsh, with skull based on remains now referred to Theiophytalia
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Outdated mount of a C. nanus skeleton at the AMNH, now thought to be a growth stage of C. dispar
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Cast of a skull from Bone Cabin Quarry West, Wyoming
