A caudal vertebra (tail bone) of the sauropod dinosaur, Camarasaurus, as found in place at the Quarry. This particular dinosaur would have been about 55 feet long, almost 12 feet tall at the hips, and perhaps weighing more than fifteen tons in life. An original skeleton of this huge reptile is exhibited in a death pose at the College of Eastern Utah, Prehistoric Museum in the city of Price, Utah. (July 1961)

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Title A caudal vertebra (tail bone) of the sauropod dinosaur, Camarasaurus, as found in place at the Quarry. This particular dinosaur would have been about 55 feet long, almost 12 feet tall at the hips, and perhaps weighing more than fifteen tons in life. An original skeleton of this huge reptile is exhibited in a death pose at the College of Eastern Utah, Prehistoric Museum in the city of Price, Utah. (July 1961)
Photo Number P1048n031a
Description Photo of a tail bone of a Camarasaurus, taken at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Emery County, Utah, July 1961
Date 1961-07
Textual Date July 1961
Keywords Utah; Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry; Paleonotology; Dinosaurs; Quarries
Subject Dinosaurs--Utah--Photographs; Fossils--Collection and preservation--Utah--Photographs; Paleontology--Utah--Emery Co.--Photographs; Camarasaurus--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Emery County (Utah); Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry (Utah)
Additional Information None
Collection Number and Name P1048 James H. Madsen Photograph Collection
Collection Name James H. Madsen
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From The collection was donated by James H. Madsen in October 2002.
Rights All of the original slides comprising these sets, except as noted, were the personal property of James H. Madsen Jr. and DINOLAB, September 2002. They may not be reproduced in any way at this time without written permission from the Utah Museum of Natural History and the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriot Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6r21ngj
Setname uum_map
ID 954752
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r21ngj