Camptosaurus
| Camptosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
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| Reconstructed skeleton in Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Dryomorpha |
| Clade: | †Ankylopollexia |
| Superfamily: | †Camptosauroidea Marsh, 1885 |
| Family: | †Camptosauridae Marsh, 1885 |
| Genus: | †Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Camptonotus dispar Marsh, 1879 | |
| Other species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Camptosaurus (/ˌkæmptəˈsɔːrəs/ KAMP-tə-SOR-əs) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe. The name means 'flexible lizard' (Greek καμπτος (kamptos) meaning 'bent' and σαυρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard').