Uintasaurus
yoo-IN-tah-SORE-us /juˌɪntəˈsɔːrəs/
Synonym of Camarasaurus
Uinta lizard
- Uinta · Ute (place name) · the Uinta Mountains / Uinta Basin region of Utah
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines "Uinta", the Uinta Mountains and Basin region of northeastern Utah, with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It refers to the area where the fossils were found, near Dinosaur National Monument. The type species, U. douglassi, honours the fossil collector Earl Douglass.
- Named by
- Holland
- Year named
- 1919
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Found in
- Morrison Formation, Dinosaur National Monument area, Utah, USA
Uintasaurus is generally treated as a junior synonym of the sauropod Camarasaurus, based on juvenile or small camarasaurid material. Some details, such as the exact publication date and whether the name was first published validly, are not certain. Treat the year and author as approximate.