Camptosaurus
| Camptosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic, 156–145 mya
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| Family: | Camptosauridae
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| Genus: | Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885
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Camptosaurus (meaning "bent lizard") was a plant-eater from the Upper Jurassic (about 156 to 145 million years ago). It is related to 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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Camptosaurus Media
Historical skeletal restoration by O.C. Marsh, with skull based on remains now referred to Theiophytalia
Outdated mount of a C. nanus skeleton at the AMNH, now thought to be a growth stage of C. dispar
Cast of a skull from Bone Cabin Quarry West, Wyoming
Size of C. dispar compared in size to a human
Life restoration of C. dispar
Restoration of six ornithopod dinosaurs, including Camptosaurus at the far left
Paleoenvironment and dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation, with two C. aphanoecetes at middle left
