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CAMPOSAURUS
(camp-o-sor-us)
meaning: "Camp's lizard"
Camposaurus
Named By: A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, R. M. Sullivan & M. G. Lockley in 1998
Time Period: Late Triassic, 220 Ma
Location: USA, Arizona
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossils
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Leg Bones
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Theropoda | Neotheropoda | Coelophysidae | Coelophysinae |
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Not to be confused with Camptosaurus.

Camposaurus ( "CAMP-oh-SORE-us"; meaning "Charles Lewis Camp's lizard") is a coelophysoid dinosaur genus from the Norian stage of the Late Triassic period of North America. The pertinent fossil remains date back to the early to middle Norian stage, and is widely regarded as the oldest known neotheropod.

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