Camposaurus
Field photograph to come
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
220 million years ago
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