Camptosaurus
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Not to be confused with Camposaurus.
Camptosaurus (/ˌkæmptəˈsɔːrəs/ KAMP-tə-SOR-əs) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe.[1] The name means 'flexible lizard' (Greek καμπτος (kamptos) meaning 'bent' and σαυρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard').
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Reconstructed skeleton in Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Dryomorpha |
Clade: | †Ankylopollexia |
Superfamily: | †Camptosauroidea Marsh, 1885 |
Family: | †Camptosauridae Marsh, 1885 |
Genus: | †Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885 |
Type species | |
Camptonotus dispar Marsh, 1879 | |
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