Camptosaurus- Meaning: Bent Lizard

Camptosaurus (KAMP-toe-sore-us) was a genus of plant-eating, beaked dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic Period. The name means 'bent lizard', because, when standing on all fours, its body must have been arched.

The largest adult camptosaurs were more than 7 metres (23 ft) long. They had heavy bodies but, as well as walking on four legs (quadrupedal), they could rear up to walk on two legs (bipedal). This genus is probably closely related to the ancestor of the later iguanodontid and hadrosaurid dinosaurs. It probably ate cycads with its parrot-like beak.

Camptosaurus Dinosaurs were herbivourous.