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 | |
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.