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Camarasaurus [‚ka·mə·rə′sȯr·əs] (paleontology) A herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, 60-feet (18 meters) long and weighing 20 tons, from the Late Jurassic Period that had a very long neck and tail. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Brachiosaurus and Camarasaurus, sauropods that had relatively long front limbs and a balanced weight distribution, floated with their forefeet deeper than their back feet, Henderson found. There's Spike, the pentaceratops, and Alberta, the albertosaurus, life-size sculptures who stand guard at the front of the museum; inside, there's a life-size skeleton of an allosaurus and a camarasaurus - and the left leg of a brachiosaurus. Ugobe's first Designer Life Form, Pleo, is modeled after a one-week-old camarasaurus sauropod, or longneck dinosaur, and incorporates basic traits of autonomous life. |
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