Description
Camarasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
- Camarasaurus grandis
- Jurassic Age
- Morrison Formation
- Big Horn Basin Ranch, Wyoming
- This AMAZING, TOP QUALITY, partially rooted tooth measures 3.34″ long x 1.24″ wide
- Specimen will come in a 6.25″ x 8.25″ Riker Mount with Label as Shown
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Camarasaurus grandis is a 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.
They grew to a length of about 18 metres (59 feet) and were somewhat smaller than other sauropods of the time such as diplodocids and brachiosaurs. Camarasaurs were further distinguished by their shorter necks and tails, shorter, snubnosed skulls, and large spoon-shaped teeth. The nostrils were positioned in front of the eyes—not above the eyes as in brachiosaurs, or at the tip of the snout as in the diplodocids.
This sauropod was also likely an occasional meal for Allosaurus. A Camarasaurus pelvis recovered from Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument shows gouging attributed to Allosaurus teeth! Camarasaurus derives its name, meaning “chambered lizard,” from the hollow air-sacs in its neck vertebrae.
