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Camarasaurus sp. and Apatosaurus sp. - two sections of articulated tail vertebrae from sauropod dinosaurs in the Jurassic of Utah, USA. (DNM 4498-4509 & DNM 4475-4488, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA)

Right = Camarasaurus sp. Left = Apatosaurus sp.

Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest terrestrial animals ever. They all have the same basic body plan: large body with four walking legs, very long neck & tail, and a small head relative to body size. Sauropods were herbivores, and are often perceived as holding their heads & necks up high to reach vegetation normally out of reach to other organisms. Modern reconstructions of many sauropod species depict them with heads and necks held close to the horizontal, or at low angles above the horizontal.

Classification of Camarasaurus: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropoda, Camarasauridae

Classification of Apatosaurus: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropoda, Diplodocidae

Stratigraphy: Carnegie Quarry Sandstone, Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian Stage, Upper Jurassic, ~150 to 156 Ma

Locality: Carnegie Quarry, Dinosaur National Monument, northern Uintah County, northeastern Utah, USA

See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarasaurus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatosaurus" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatosaurus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropoda" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropoda</a> and

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument</a>
Date Taken on 8 June 2012, 16:19
Source Camarasaurus sp. & Apatosaurus sp. (sauropod dinosaur tail bones) (Morrison Formation, Upper Jurassic; Carnegie Quarry, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA) 1
Author James St. John

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