English: Skeleton of Camarasaurus lentus from Dinosaur National Monument as mounted at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. prior to 2019.
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Skeleton of Camarasaurus lentus as mounted at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. prior to 2019.
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Camarasaurus lentus
Late Jurassic, 150-140 million years ago, Utah
Camarasaurus was one of the smaller sauropod dionsaurs, but at 30-50 feet (9-15 meters) in length, it was still an impressive creature. Here the bones have been cleaned and treated with preservatives, but they remain in the position in which they were discovered, know as the death pose.
The small size of their head indicates that sauropods were plant-eaters. The teeth of Diplodocus (left skull, cast), were slender, those of the Camarasaurus (right skull) were stout; both kinds of teeth show a great deal of wear. The amount of wear may have been casused by tought food or by much time spent chewing.