[D] Cathetosaurus lewisi [jG]
Describer
Jensen, 1988
Time
Jurassic Late
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Camarasauridae Camarasaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Uncompahgre Upwarp. Colorado Plateau, Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Camarasaurus
Info
Genus
Camarasaurus = Caulodon diversidens (Cope, 1877) Caulodon leptoganus (Cope, 1878) Morosaurus (Marsh, 1878) Uintasaurus (Holland, 1919)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus supremus (Cope, 1877) >> Camarasaurus leptodirus (Cope, 1879) Amphicoelias latus (Cope, 1877) Caulodon diversidens (Cope, 1877) Caulodon leptoganus (Cope, 1878)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus grandis (Marsh, 1877) = Apatosaurus grandis (Marsh, 1877) >> Morosaurus impar (Marsh, 1878) Morosaurus robustus (Marsh, 1878) Pleurocoelus montanus (Marsh, 1896)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus lentus (Marsh, 1889) = Morosaurus lentus (Marsh, 1889) >> Camarasaurus annae (Ellinger, 1950) Uintasaurus douglassi (Holland, 1919)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) = Apatosaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) Camarasaurus lewisi (Jensen, 1988) = Cathetosaurus lewisi (Jensen, 1988)
\\\"upright lizard\\\" Named for the construction of the pelvis, which supposedly indicated a sauropod that could rear on its hind legs to feed. Resembles Camarasaurus but differs from all other known sauropods in having bifurcated neural spines on its presacral vertebrae from the third cervical to the posterrormost dorsal.
The skeleton is missing only the skull, the hind limbs, the left forelimb, and the rear portion of the tail. It displays an unusually inclined pelvis, unlike that of most other sauropods, that Jensen says support his bipedality hypothesis.
Jensen, 1988
Time
Jurassic Late
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Camarasauridae Camarasaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Uncompahgre Upwarp. Colorado Plateau, Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Camarasaurus
Info
Genus
Camarasaurus = Caulodon diversidens (Cope, 1877) Caulodon leptoganus (Cope, 1878) Morosaurus (Marsh, 1878) Uintasaurus (Holland, 1919)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus supremus (Cope, 1877) >> Camarasaurus leptodirus (Cope, 1879) Amphicoelias latus (Cope, 1877) Caulodon diversidens (Cope, 1877) Caulodon leptoganus (Cope, 1878)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus grandis (Marsh, 1877) = Apatosaurus grandis (Marsh, 1877) >> Morosaurus impar (Marsh, 1878) Morosaurus robustus (Marsh, 1878) Pleurocoelus montanus (Marsh, 1896)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus lentus (Marsh, 1889) = Morosaurus lentus (Marsh, 1889) >> Camarasaurus annae (Ellinger, 1950) Uintasaurus douglassi (Holland, 1919)
Camarasaurus > Camarasaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) = Apatosaurus alenquerensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) Camarasaurus lewisi (Jensen, 1988) = Cathetosaurus lewisi (Jensen, 1988)
\\\"upright lizard\\\" Named for the construction of the pelvis, which supposedly indicated a sauropod that could rear on its hind legs to feed. Resembles Camarasaurus but differs from all other known sauropods in having bifurcated neural spines on its presacral vertebrae from the third cervical to the posterrormost dorsal.
The skeleton is missing only the skull, the hind limbs, the left forelimb, and the rear portion of the tail. It displays an unusually inclined pelvis, unlike that of most other sauropods, that Jensen says support his bipedality hypothesis.