Camarasauridae

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Camarasauridae is a family of large, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs known for their relatively short necks, robust bodies, and boxy skulls with large, spoon-shaped teeth.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Camarasauridae canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur family ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ
bodyType large-bodied ⓘ
characteristic boxy skulls ⓘ
large external nares positioned high on the skull ⓘ
large spoon-shaped teeth ⓘ
relatively short forelimbs compared to some other sauropods ⓘ
relatively short necks compared to other sauropods ⓘ
robust bodies ⓘ
short, deep snout ⓘ
clade Macronaria ⓘ
Neosauropoda ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
classificationStatus well-established macronarian sauropod family ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole high- to mid-level browser ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
feedingAdaptation spoon-shaped teeth suited for cropping vegetation ⓘ
fossilRange Kimmeridgian ⓘ
Tithonian ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom body fossils ⓘ
livedIn Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
namedBy Charles W. Gilmore ⓘ
neckCharacteristic short but strong cervical vertebrae ⓘ
order Sauropodomorpha ⓘ
paleobiology likely gregarious behavior inferred from bonebeds ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
representativeGenus Aragosaurus ⓘ
Camarasaurus ⓘ
Lourinhasaurus ⓘ
Osmakasaurus ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
size medium to large sauropods ⓘ
skullCharacteristic large fenestrae in skull ⓘ
suborder Sauropoda ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
tailCharacteristic long tail used for balance ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
toothReplacement continuous tooth replacement ⓘ
typeGenus Camarasaurus ⓘ
vertebraeCharacteristic camerate internal structure of vertebrae ⓘ
yearNamed 1925 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camarasaurus → family → Camarasauridae ⓘ
Camarasaurus → belongsToFamily → Camarasauridae ⓘ
Macronaria → includesTaxon → Camarasauridae ⓘ
Sauropoda → includesTaxon → Camarasauridae ⓘ
Neosauropoda → includesTaxon → Camarasauridae ⓘ