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Sauropodomorpha>Eusauropoda>Neosauropoda>Macronaria>Camarasauridae>Camarasaurus>C.supremus
Edward Drinker Cope, 1877
Time: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian (156-147 million years ago)
Length: Up to 18.2m (59.7ft) when fully grown.
Height: Up to 4.9m (16ft) at the shoulder when fully grown.
Weight: Up to ~20 tonnes, possibly heavier.
Habitat: The Morrison Formation of Colorado and Utah, North America. The climate was similar to a savanna, although dominated by gymnosperm rather than angiosperm flora.
Ecology: Large terrestrial megaherbivore. With front limbs higher than the hindlimbs, large adults probably could have fed at over 8 meters above ground, a similar browsing height to some brachiosaurs and titanosaurs, despite their relatively short neck. The teeth of Camarasaurus are highly developed for sauropod standards; this indicates that it chewed food to some degree before swallowing, unlike the majority of its relatives.
Diet: Treetop foliage, mostly originating from large conifers and gingkoes. Juveniles, too small to reach the treetops, would've eaten lower foliage like tree ferns, cycads, and possibly horsetails.
Social behavior: There is record of two adults and a juvenile specimen found in Early Tithonian sediment, which suggests that the animal lived in small family groups or herds.
Potential predators: Hatchlings would be fodder for small theropods such as Koparion, Stokesosaurus and Ornitholestes, and young juveniles by the likes of Marshosaurus and Ceratosaurus. Adolescents and subadults were potential prey for large theropods like Allosaurus or Torvosaurus , while the mature 20+ton adults would have been immune to conventional predation when in healthy conditions.
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''How to make Camarasaurus interesting? Scale it up.'' ~Evolution, when shaping C.supremus
Update 03/25/16: Resized human figure.

Update 06/30/17:
-Lineart completely remade.
-Replaced human scale figure (now it's the same as used in my charts)
-More accurate size estimate, now along the centra as is the norm, instead of in a straight line. PS: d o w n s i z e d
-Minor text corrections.

Description
Sauropodomorpha>Eusauropoda>Neosauropoda>Macronaria>Camarasauridae>Camarasaurus>C.supremus
Edward Drinker Cope, 1877
Time: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian (156-147 million years ago)
Length: Up to 18.2m (59.7ft) when fully grown.
Height: Up to 4.9m (16ft) at the shoulder when fully grown.
Weight: Up to ~20 tonnes, possibly heavier.
Habitat: The Morrison Formation of Colorado and Utah, North America. The climate was similar to a savanna, although dominated by gymnosperm rather than angiosperm flora.
Ecology: Large terrestrial megaherbivore. With front limbs higher than the hindlimbs, large adults probably could have fed at over 8 meters above ground, a similar browsing height to some brachiosaurs and titanosaurs, despite their relatively short neck. The teeth of Camarasaurus are highly developed for sauropod standards; this indicates that it chewed food to some degree before swallowing, unlike the majority of its relatives.
Diet: Treetop foliage, mostly originating from large conifers and gingkoes. Juveniles, too small to reach the treetops, would've eaten lower foliage like tree ferns, cycads, and possibly horsetails.
Social behavior: There is record of two adults and a juvenile specimen found in Early Tithonian sediment, which suggests that the animal lived in small family groups or herds.
Potential predators: Hatchlings would be fodder for small theropods such as Koparion, Stokesosaurus and Ornitholestes, and young juveniles by the likes of Marshosaurus and Ceratosaurus. Adolescents and subadults were potential prey for large theropods like Allosaurus or Torvosaurus , while the mature 20+ton adults would have been immune to conventional predation when in healthy conditions.
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''How to make Camarasaurus interesting? Scale it up.'' ~Evolution, when shaping C.supremus
Update 03/25/16: Resized human figure.

Update 06/30/17:
-Lineart completely remade.
-Replaced human scale figure (now it's the same as used in my charts)
-More accurate size estimate, now along the centra as is the norm, instead of in a straight line. PS: d o w n s i z e d
-Minor text corrections.