- The Guardian, Saturday 7 February 2009
Camarasaurus or 'chambered lizard' dinosaur. Photograph: Getty
How to say it kam-ar-a-sore-us
What it means "chambered lizard"
Named by Cope (1877)
Where found United States
Length up to 23m
Height 9m
Weight 20 tonnes
How it moved on four legs
Teeth chisel-like, sharp, snipping teeth
Type of feeder herbivorous
Food tough plant material
When it lived 150-140m years ago (Late Jurassic)
Dinosaur order saurischian (lizard-hipped)
Other info the most commonly found giant sauropod in North America got its name from the holes in its vertebrae. Food was ground by stomach stones.
