Binomial Camarasaurus supremus · kam-uh-ruh-SORE-us
Late Jurassic - 155-145 Ma
AI reconstructionCamarasaurus fossil records in Fossil Atlas are mapped as selected modern discovery locations, with 137 source-backed records currently shown. Western North America, with many selected Morrison Formation records in the current dataset. Key mapped formations in the current dataset include Morrison Formation, Morrison Fm, Morrison. These pins are fossil record locations, not a complete ancient habitat map.
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Camarasaurus was a broad-bodied sauropod from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. It is unusually well represented for a sauropod, including skull and skeletal material. Fossil Atlas uses it to deepen the Morrison Formation card and map loop.
Drawn true to scale on a metre ruler.
Length
measured18 m · 59 ft
Largest known specimens
Height
measured5 m (16 ft)
Body mass
estimate20,000 kg · 44,000 lb
Typical adult
Top speed
estimate11 km/h · 7 mph
Modelled, debated
Position of this animal’s known range across 252 million years of the Mesozoic and beyond.
155-145 million years ago
Camarasaurus is one of the more common sauropods in Morrison Formation fossil records.
Its name refers to chambered spaces in its vertebrae.
Its skull is better known than the skulls of many giant sauropods.
Pins show selected fossil records for Camarasaurus; use them as modern discovery evidence, not a complete range map. Modern fossil discovery map: pins show where selected fossil and specimen records were found today, not ancient Earth positions. What does this mean?
Specimen evidence
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USNM V 5730_18
Michael Brett-Surman
Camarasaurus is represented here by selected fossil records from western north america, with many selected morrison formation records in the current dataset. Fossil Atlas maps those records as modern discovery locations.
No. The map shows modern fossil discovery locations from selected records. Ancient habitat and paleogeographic reconstructions are separate questions.
The current Fossil Atlas records include Morrison Formation. Formation coverage depends on the selected dataset and may not be complete.
Yes. Use the expedition card generator to turn the Camarasaurus map and specimen profile into a shareable card.
Selected fossil records from PBDB and museum biodiversity aggregators. Source labels and confidence notes help distinguish canonical paleobiology records from specimen-media records.
Reconstruction images are labeled illustrations and do not represent fossil evidence. Size, speed, and bite-force figures are typical published estimates and remain subject to revision as new specimens are described.
Maps use curated PBDB, museum, and specimen-source records with visible caveats.
Pins show where fossils were found or reported today, not exact ancient habitat positions.
Artwork is labeled separately from specimen photos, maps, and source records.
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