Camposaurus
Camposaurus was a small, fast meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Arizona, USA. It is one of the oldest known neotheropods, a group that includes many later theropod dinosaurs. It ran on two legs and probably hunted small animals.2
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Camposaurus is one of the oldest known neotheropod dinosaurs, living about 227 to 205 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic.12
Its fossils are very fragmentary, mostly just leg bones (tibia, fibula, and ankle bones) fused together.2
Scientists can tell Camposaurus apart from other dinosaurs by two special features: a sharp ridge on the back of the tibia where the fibula touches it, and a lack of a forward-projecting bump on the inner part of the ankle bone.2
Camposaurus is closely related to Coelophysis rhodesiensis, another small theropod from the Triassic.2
The name Camposaurus means 'Camp lizard', named after the Camp family who owned the land where the fossils were found.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Camposaurus
?How big was Camposaurus?
Camposaurus was about 3 metres (9.8 feet) long.3
?When did Camposaurus live?
Camposaurus lived about 227 to 205 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic.4
?Is Camposaurus a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a small, meat-eating theropod dinosaur.4
?What did Camposaurus eat?
Camposaurus was a carnivore and probably hunted small animals.4
Cazamitos
Mito: Some scientists thought Camposaurus might be a nomen dubium (a doubtful name) because its fossils are so incomplete.
Verdade: In 2011, a new study showed that Camposaurus has unique features, so it is now considered a valid, real dinosaur.2
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Camposaurus
- Bautizado por
- Hunt et al. 19984
- Grupo
- Dinos carnívoros
- Familia / clado
- Coelophysidae4
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Coelophysoidea4
- Idade das rochas
- de 227 a 206 millóns de anos (Norian)4
- Formacións rochosas
- Chinle4
- Países
- EUA4
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database4
- Descubrimento
- Camposaurus was named in 1998 by Hunt and colleagues based on fossils found in the Placerias quarry in Arizona. The fossils were discovered in the Mesa Redondo Member of the Chinle Formation.12
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still not sure exactly how Camposaurus is related to other early theropods. Some studies place it in Coelophysoidea, but the relationships among these dinosaurs are still debated.2
De onde veñen os datos
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Taxonomic and phylogenetic reassessment of the early neotheropod dinosaur Camposaurus arizonensis from the Late Triassic of North America (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- Camposaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Camposaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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