Camptosaurus
CLASSIFICATION
Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885TYPE SPECIES: C. dispar (Marsh, 1879) (originally “Camptonotus“) “disparate flexible lizard” OTHER SPECIES: ?C. depressus Gilmore, 1909 [nomen dubium?] C. leedsi Lydekker, 1889 C. prestwichii (Hulke, 1880) (originally Cumnoria) MISASSIGNED SPECIES: C. amplus (Marsh, 1879) (originally “Camptonotus“) ?= Allosaurus fragilis C. browni Gilmore, 1909 == C. dispar C. inkeyi (Nopcsa, 1899) (originally Rhabdodon) == R. priscus C. medius Marsh, 1894 == C. dispar C. nanus Marsh, 1894 “dwarf flexible lizard” == C. dispar C. valdensis Lydekker, 1889 [nomen dubium] “flexible lizard from the Wealden Formation” == Valdosaurus canaliculatus “C.” sp. » Iguanodontoidea incertae sedis |
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Camptosaurus depressus may not even represent an ornithopod. |
IMAGES

skeletal mount depicting Allosaurus fragilis attacking a terrified Camptosaurus dispar |