#camarasaurus

[makairodonx]

Sketches I’ve made of various Jurassic fauna, from bottom to top: Camarasaurus, Dimorphodon, Pterodactylus, Liopleurodon, Stegosaurus and Allosaurus. As a paleontology enthusiast since childhood, I consider the Jurassic to be my favorite period of the Mesozoic Era, since it’s called “The Golden Age of Dinosaurs” for being the heyday of not only the dinosaurs but also the pterosaurs and some of the most spectacular marine reptiles and fish ever to swim the earth’s oceans, and for boasting some of the coolest animals of the entire Mesozoic era overall, even when much of 2020s paleomedia skips it completely in favor of the more popular animals of the Late Cretaceous or the Pleistocene.

[cypressure]

Dinovember time! this year i'll be a week behind (elections, apartment, and other (dys)functions kept me busy for the start of the month) but better late than never. so let's begin with Camarasaurus

[thecoffeeisblack]

Hello🦕

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Here we go! The formation piece for the Morrison formation. I apologize to all Morrison nerds for not including their personal favorites. At some point the image is full.

We mostly focused on the flora and fauna of the Dry Mesa quarry and adjacent localities. Torvosaurus and Ceratosaurus were also present but where would you even put these?

Because there are plenty of size charts for Morrison we didn't bother about it this time but one of our Discord mods, Tim, and a few other people put together a rich menu to choose from. The flora was informed mostly by the work by the work of Tom Parker.

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[strangebiology]

Camarasaurus ribcage at the Wyoing Dinosaur Center. They're pretty wonky--that's because it's a composite fossil of multiple different specimens.

[amnhnyc]

Heads up… it’s Fossil Friday! 🦕 The Museum's Apatosaurus, collected at the turn of the 20th century, was the first sauropod ever mounted. But did you know that for years, this mighty dinosaur was displayed with the wrong skull? Using incomplete remains, scientists speculated that Apatosaurus was closely related to another sauropod: Camarasaurus. As a result, a similar skull to Camarasaurus was sculpted and placed atop Apatosaurus’ body (pictured), where it remained for decades. As new research emerged, this reconstruction was updated. To this day, only one Apatosaurus has ever been found with its skull attached!

See Apatosaurus up close in the Museum's Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs! Plan your visit.

Photo: Image no. 45615, AMNH Library

[earlypalaeoart]

Camarasaurus from Charles Frederick Holder's children's book Marvels of animal life (1885)

The earliest sauropod life reconstruction that I'm aware of.

https://archive.org/details/marvelsofanimall00holdrich/page/n196/mode/1up

[bobnichollsart]

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology…

Zooms from my 2023 illustration of some Morrison Formation sauropods, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press). Features are Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, two Brachiosaurus, two Dryosaurus and a Stegosaurus skeleton. 50% off this book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244297/dinosaur-behavior?srsltid=AfmBOor26alZAAmDt4MF-7u2Kw53JRvhmaFzfcs9IMn2k1insJGLnx8p