🎨 RestorationRestoration: Jesus Gamarra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Life restorations are artistic reconstructions based on fossil evidence; true coloration and soft-tissue details remain uncertain.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus supremus (Camarasaurus · Camarasaurus)
Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 An estimated body length of about 23 m (representative value for the genus) is close to one lane of a 25 m swimming pool, and a weight of about 20 tons is about thirteen passenger cars (about 1.5 tons each) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its way of grinding food with stones in its stomach resembles how a chicken swallows grit into its gizzard (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
Camarasaurus supremus (genus Camarasaurus) was a giant herbivorous sauropod that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, and its name means "chambered lizard." It walked on four legs.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Sharp, chisel-like teeth were closely packed in rows, making them well suited for stripping leaves from trees and shrubs. Its body length is recorded as about 23 m and its weight as about 20 tons.
🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology
It swallowed tough plant material, and stones in its stomach helped grind the tough food for digestion.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • Fossil taxon — the IUCN Red List assesses only species living or extinct since 1500
- • paleobiodb.org — basicTaxonInfo
- • wikidata.org — Q56377345
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Cope Quarry.jpg
- • nhm.ac.uk — camarasaurus.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Mathew Wedel · CC BY 3.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.