Camptosaurus

The skull of the Jurassic killer Allosaurus bites down on the skeleton of a hapless Camptosaurus.

Camptosaurus was a relatively primitive ornithopod dinosaur. It may have been related to the ancestors of Alberta's duckbilled dinosaurs. A slow-moving plant-eater with a toothless beak, it grew to 7 metres in length and walked on all fours most of the time.

This document was prepared by Wayne Hortensius, Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. All information © 1995 Royal Tyrrell Museum. All Rights Reserved.
Updated: April 8, 1995

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