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Taxon: Family †Camarasauridae Cope, 1877 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Sauropodomorpha

Current position

Camarasauromorpha (Clade) Salgado, Coria & Calvo 1997 Ref: P. Upchurch et al., 2004: table 13.1 (p. [266]). [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

camarasaurs ([unranked]) Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
Macronaria (Subdivision) Sereno, 1997 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397.
Macronaria (Clade) Wilson & Sereno 1998 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397. [implicit]
Sauropoda (Infraorder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
Sauropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 140; Uetz[30 Dec 1996].
Sauropodomorpha (Suborder) Huene, 1932 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 596.

Historical positions

Macronaria (Subdivision) Sereno, 1997 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397, box 8.5.
Sauropoda (Infraorder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 143.
Sauropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Sauropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 140.
camarasaurs ([unranked]) Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
Sauropoda (Infraorder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
Sauropoda (Infraorder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).
Sauropoda (Infraorder) Marsh, 1878 Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: 2, 49.
Sauropodomorpha (Suborder) Huene, 1932 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †2g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Aug 2026 [; †2g]
1991(1997) D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 143 [; †[<]8g]
1991 G. Olshevsky: 140 †7(5)g;11(8)s
1988 R.L. Carroll: App. (p. 621) [; †2g]
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