Camposaurus

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Camposaurus
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Superfamily: Coelophysoidea
Family: Coelophysidae
Genus: Camposaurus
Binomial name
Camposaurus arizonensis
Hunt et al., 1998

Camposaurus was a coelophysoid dinosaur from the Late Triassic North America. It is said to differ from other coelophysoids in having a fused tibio-tarsals and fibula-tarsal.

The type species, Camposaurus arizonensis, was formally described by Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, and Lockely in 1998. It is a nomen dubium, based on partial leg bones and other material assigned to the genus. As the species name suggests, it was found in Arizona, in the United States. It was similar to, and may actually have been a species of Coelophysis.

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