Family
Valid Extinct

Camptosauridae

camptosaurid
(Marsh 1885)

Camptosaurus is an extinct genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe. The name means 'flexible lizard'.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Camptosauridae
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A whole-body skeleton of Camptosaurus in Japan. © ★Kumiko★ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Camptosauridae Family
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇵🇹 Portugal
2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇨🇱 Chile
1
🇫🇷 France
1
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Morrison
2
Oxford Clay
1
Chacarilla
1
Lourinhã
1
Freixial
1
Arcera
1
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
2
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
3
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Camptonotidae subjective synonym of Camptosauridae
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1885. Names of extinct reptiles. American Journal of Science 29:169
Bibliography (8)
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