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Camarasauridae

Uintasaurus UI-nta-SOR-us

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Uintasaurus 18 m (59 ft) long
as long as 11 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Uintasaurus
Length
18 m (59 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (149.2–145.1 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Camarasauridae

Uintasaurus is a camarasauridae known from the Jurassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Holland 1919.