Jurassic Morrison Camarasaurus Tooth VF-JC-16-022 Pennsylvanian Moffat County

Moffat County

with several species of Pervinquieria

overlying the Kiamichi with Gryphaea navia and Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites) belknapi

with about 751 genera and some 19

although each genus was formerly given its own family

Jurassic Morrison Camarasaurus Tooth VF-JC-16-022 Pennsylvanian Moffat CountyCamarasaurus sp. Morrison Formation Upper Jurassic Moffat County, Colorado This specimen is very fine example of a typical Camarasaurus tooth. It shows the transition from enamel to root and has an attractive wear facet. The tooth is 5 cm long and 2. 5 cm wide at its widest point. The detail is excellent. There is minor restoration along small fractures. Camarasaurus was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs. It was the most common of the