| Camptosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Reconstructed skeleton in Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Dryomorpha |
| Clade: | †Ankylopollexia |
| Superfamily: | †Camptosauroidea Marsh, 1885 |
| Family: | †Camptosauridae Marsh, 1885 |
| Genus: | †Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Camptonotus dispar Marsh, 1879
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| Synonyms | |
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Camptosaurus (/ˌkæmptəˈsɔːrəs/ KAMP-tə-SOR-əs) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe.[1] The name means 'flexible lizard' (Greek καμπτος (kamptos) meaning 'bent' and σαυρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard').
- ^ Cubells-Alarcó, M.; Verdú, F. J.; Suñer, M.; de Santisteban, C. (2022-01-08). "Tracing Late Jurassic ornithopod diversity in the eastern Iberian Peninsula: Camptosaurus-like postcranial remains from Alpuente (Valencia, Spain)". Journal of Iberian Geology. 48 (1): 65–78. Bibcode:2022JIbG...48...65S. doi:10.1007/s41513-021-00182-z. ISSN 1698-6180. S2CID 245804125.