5.5" Camarasaurus Dinosaur Fossil Vertebrae Morrison FM CO Jurassic Age COA Stand
Location: Morrison Formation, Western Colorado (Private Land Origin)
Weight: 3 Pounds 1.1 Ounces (With Metal Stand)
Dimensions: 8.4 Inches Long, 5.5 Inches Wide, 3 Inches Thick (With Metal Stand)
Fossil Dimensions: 5.5 Inches Long, 5.5 Inches Wide, 2.3 Inches Thick
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Lived around the Late Cretaceous Period, approximately 65 million years ago.
Name: Camarasaurus
Diet: Herbivore
Size: 18 meters in length
Camarasaurus was a large herbivorous sauropod that thrived during the Late Jurassic Period, approximately 145 to 155 million years ago. Measuring up to 18 meters in length and weighing around 25 tons, it was smaller than some of its massive contemporaries, such as diplodocids and brachiosaurs, but still an imposing presence in its ecosystem.
This sauropod had a sturdy, muscular build, with strong legs to support its massive weight, a thick neck and tail, and a rounded skull. Its chisellike, spoon-shaped teeth with sharp tips were perfectly adapted for slicing through tough vegetation, making Camarasaurus a highly efficient browser. While predators like Allosaurus hunted in its environment, fully grown Camarasaurus were generally too large to be threatened, giving adults a significant survival advantage.
Camarasaurus is also recognized for several distinctive features: its neck and tail were relatively short compared to other sauropods, its skull was snub-nosed, and its nostrils were positioned in front of the eyes, unlike brachiosaurs, which had nostrils on top of the head, or diplodocids, whose nostrils were located at the tip of the snout. These anatomical differences helped distinguish Camarasaurus from other Jurassic giants and likely influenced both feeding behavior and sensory perception.
With its robust build, specialized teeth, and unique cranial features, Camarasaurus provides a vivid example of the diversity and adaptability of sauropods during the Late Jurassic, highlighting how even smaller giants carved out a niche in a world dominated by massive herbivores and fearsome predators.
