Camptosaurus
Camptosaurus dispar
Camptosaurus ( KAMP-tə-SOR-əs) 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' (Greek καμπτος (kamptos) meaning 'bent' and σαυρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard').
- Family
- Camptosauridae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Jurassic (155 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 7.9 m
- Weight
- 0.875 t
- Type locality
- Wyoming, USA
- Holotype
- YPM 1877
- PBDB
- txn:38748