Camarasaurus

/kæmərəˈsɔːrəs/ noun

Definition

A large sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic period that walked on four legs and ate plants.

Etymology

From New Latin, combining 'camera' (chamber, referring to the hollow cavities in its vertebrae) and 'saurus' (lizard). Scientists named it based on the hollow structures in its backbone.

Kelly Says

Camarasaurus had special air-filled pockets in its bones—like built-in chambers—that made it lighter while staying huge, allowing it to grow to 75 feet long without crushing itself under its own weight!

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