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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Camarasauridae — the most common of the giant sauropods whose remains are found in North America.

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Examples

  • So I picked a Camarasaurus, because the Camarasaurus was the most abundant of the sauropods in North America.

    Caleb Chung plays with Pleo 2007

  • So I picked a Camarasaurus, because the Camarasaurus was the most abundant of the sauropods in North America.

    Caleb Chung plays with Pleo 2007

  • So I picked a Camarasaurus, because the Camarasaurus was the most abundant of the sauropods in North America.

    Caleb Chung plays with Pleo 2007

  • The rocks here yielded several other particularly large Morrison Formation dinosaurs (such as Camarasaurus supremus).

    Archive 2007-01-01 Darren Naish 2007

  • The rocks here yielded several other particularly large Morrison Formation dinosaurs (such as Camarasaurus supremus).

    Biggest sauropod ever (part…. II) Darren Naish 2007

  • I have one horticultural project in my head that begs for a Camarasaurus skull in the middle.

    Dinosaur Discoveries! corucia 2010

  • Philip Montgomery for The Wall Street Journal Jack Cesareo , left, and David McCornack bring the femur bone of a Camarasaurus out of storage.

    Building Dinosaurs, From the Ground Up 2011

  • Philip Montgomery for The Wall Street Journal Museum staff prepare to transport the vertebra of a Camarasaurus from basement storage room to the exhibitions department.

    Building Dinosaurs, From the Ground Up 2011

  • In the case of the Camarasaurus, I didn't make the actual mold, just this particular cast (which I then had to paint, etc.).

    Dinosaur Discoveries! corucia 2010

  • I have one horticultural project in my head that begs for a Camarasaurus skull in the middle.

    Dinosaur Discoveries! corucia 2010

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