Alternative combination: Camerasaurus supremus
Synonyms: Amphicoelias latus Cope 1877, Camarasaurus leptodirus Cope 1879, Caulodon diversidens Cope 1877, Caulodon leptoganus Cope 1878
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On a gigantic saurian from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Paleontological Bulletin 25:5-10
Belongs to Camarasaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Camarasaurus agilis, Camarasaurus grandis, Camarasaurus lentus, Camarasaurus lewisi
Type specimens:
- Camarasaurus supremus: AMNH 5760, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cope Quarry I, Cope's Nipple, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian dry floodplain mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
- Amphicoelias latus: Its type locality is Cope Quarry XV, Oil Tract, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
- Camarasaurus leptodirus: Its type locality is Cope Quarry III, Cope's Nipple, which is in a Tithonian dry floodplain mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
- Caulodon diversidens: AMNH 5768, a tooth.
- Caulodon leptoganus:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Average measurements (in mm): coracoid length 725.0, femur length 1270.0, humerus length 1135.0, ilium length 1150.0, ischium length 1160.0, pubis length 980.0, scapula 1665.0 x 970.0, tibia length 1040.0
Estimated body mass: 8.71 tons based on femur length