Reptilia - Saurischia - Camarasauridae
Alternative spelling: Camarosauridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On Amphicoelias, a genus of Saurians from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:242-246
Parent taxon: Camarasauromorpha according to P. Mocho et al. 2014
See also Apesteguía et al. 2021, Benton 1990, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1980, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1977, Buscalioni and Sanz 1987, Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Cope 1883, Dong 1998, Dong et al. 1983, Galton 1977, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1948, Hunt et al. 1995, Jaekel 1911, Jensen 1988, Kues et al. 1980, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lapparent 1947, Lull 1924, Mannion et al. 2019, McIntosh 1981, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, McIntosh et al. 1996, Molnar 1992, Moser et al. 2006, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell 1984, Salgado et al. 1997, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Santafé et al. 1982, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Zhang and Chen 1996
Sister taxa: Europasaurus, Tehuelchesaurus
Subtaxa: Camarasaurus Helopodinae Lourinhasaurus
Type: Camarasaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Croatia (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), South Korea (1), Spain (3)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Portugal (5), Spain (3), United States (122: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1), Zimbabwe (2)
Total: 146 collections including 158 occurrences