Camarasaurus grandis

Camarasaurus grandis
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Cast of a Camarasaurus grandis skull at the Dinosaur Journey Museum.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Macronaria
Family: †Camarasauridae
Genus: †Camarasaurus
Species:
†C. grandis
Binomial name
†Camarasaurus grandis
(Marsh, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Amphicoelias latus?
    Cope, 1877
  • Apatosaurus grandis
    Marsh, 1877
  • Morosaurus grandis
    (Marsh, 1877) Marsh, 1878
  • Morosaurus impar
    Marsh, 1878
  • Morosaurus robustus
    Marsh, 1878
  • Pleurocoelus montanus
    Marsh, 1896
  • Camarasaurus impar
    (Marsh, 1878) Gilmore, 1925
  • Camarasaurus robustus
    (Marsh, 1878) Gilmore, 1925
  • Cathetosaurus lewisi?
    Jensen, 1988
  • Camarasaurus lewisi?
    (Jensen, 1988) McIntosh, 1990

Camarasaurus grandis is an extinct species of sauropod dinosaur in the genus that lived during the Jurassic in what is now the western United States. It is the geologically oldest of the four species of the genus Camarasaurus.

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