Camposaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0410Chinle Fm., Arizona

Camposaurus

DV-0410 · type species Camposaurus arizonensis

Lived
227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Coelophysidae
Found in
United States
Named by
Hunt et al. 1998

Field notes

About Camposaurus

Camposaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Coelophysidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Camposaurus, from Arizona. Its fossils come from the Chinle Formation. It was named by Hunt et al. in 1998.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Coelophysidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, and A. B. Heckert, R. M. Sullivan, M. G. Lockley. 1998. Late Triassic dinosaurs from the western United States. Géobios 31(4):511-531