Remembering the Baby Camarasaurus Skeleton of Dinosaur National Monument

by | Feb 1, 2021 | News | 0 comments

Dinosaur National Monument has plenty of cool specimens on display to brag about, not the least of which is it’s baby Camarasaurus. In 1917, Paleontologist Earl Douglass found the most complete sauropod (a long necked, long tailed dinosaur) ever found, a Camarasaurus. In fact, the most complete “baby” or juvenile specimens of Camarasaurus known to science are from the Carnegie Quarry. A post on the Facebook page of Dinosaur National Monument shares that, ”What makes it the “Beyoncé” of  dinosaur skeletons is not only is it rare to find juvenile dinosaurs, but paleontologists rarely find such nicely articulated skeletons with only a few bones missing.” It even has the ear bones and skull. 104 years later, it’s still the most complete sauropod found in the world so far. 

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