Camarasauridae
E942993
Camarasauridae is a family of large, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs known for their relatively short necks, robust bodies, and boxy skulls with large, spoon-shaped teeth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Camarasauridae canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11724992 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camarasauridae Context triple: [Camarasaurus, family, Camarasauridae]
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A.
Saltasauridae
Saltasauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, heavily armored titanosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous and characterized by bony plates (osteoderms) embedded in their skin.
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B.
Brachiosauridae
Brachiosauridae is a family of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs characterized by their forelimbs being longer than their hindlimbs, giving them a distinctive, giraffe-like stance.
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C.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
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D.
Megalosauroidea
Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
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E.
Allosauroidea
Allosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes iconic Jurassic predators such as Allosaurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camarasauridae Target entity description: Camarasauridae is a family of large, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs known for their relatively short necks, robust bodies, and boxy skulls with large, spoon-shaped teeth.
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A.
Saltasauridae
Saltasauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, heavily armored titanosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous and characterized by bony plates (osteoderms) embedded in their skin.
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B.
Brachiosauridae
Brachiosauridae is a family of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs characterized by their forelimbs being longer than their hindlimbs, giving them a distinctive, giraffe-like stance.
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C.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
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D.
Megalosauroidea
Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
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E.
Allosauroidea
Allosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes iconic Jurassic predators such as Allosaurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| bodyType | large-bodied ⓘ |
| characteristic |
boxy skulls
ⓘ
large external nares positioned high on the skull ⓘ large spoon-shaped teeth ⓘ relatively short forelimbs compared to some other sauropods ⓘ relatively short necks compared to other sauropods ⓘ robust bodies ⓘ short, deep snout ⓘ |
| clade |
Macronaria
ⓘ
Neosauropoda ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established macronarian sauropod family ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | high- to mid-level browser ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| feedingAdaptation | spoon-shaped teeth suited for cropping vegetation ⓘ |
| fossilRange |
Kimmeridgian
ⓘ
Tithonian ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom | body fossils ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedBy | Charles W. Gilmore ⓘ |
| neckCharacteristic | short but strong cervical vertebrae ⓘ |
| order | Sauropodomorpha ⓘ |
| paleobiology | likely gregarious behavior inferred from bonebeds ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| representativeGenus |
Aragosaurus
ⓘ
Camarasaurus ⓘ Lourinhasaurus ⓘ Osmakasaurus ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| size | medium to large sauropods ⓘ |
| skullCharacteristic | large fenestrae in skull ⓘ |
| suborder | Sauropoda ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria ⓘ |
| tailCharacteristic | long tail used for balance ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| toothReplacement | continuous tooth replacement ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Camarasaurus ⓘ |
| vertebraeCharacteristic | camerate internal structure of vertebrae ⓘ |
| yearNamed | 1925 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Camarasauridae Description of subject: Camarasauridae is a family of large, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs known for their relatively short necks, robust bodies, and boxy skulls with large, spoon-shaped teeth.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.