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In some additions of the Jurassic Park novel by Michael Crichton, Apatosaurus is replaced by Camarasaurus, (they rather inconsistently it is replaced by Brontosaurus and/or Apatosaurus once more). So most of the information given below is directly copied from that of the Apatosaurus bio. See here.
History[]
Jurassic Park[]
The Camarasaurus is the first dinosaur the endorsement team encounters in the first novel. After the visitors arrive at Isla Nublar they can see a herd of Camarasaurus down in the lagoon. Their vocalizations were like the trumpeting of an elephant.
The herd of Camarsaurus consists of 17 members. The herd lives in the lagoon, nicknamed Sauropod Swamp, side by side with Hadrosaurus and Maiasaura.
When Gerry Harding, Ellie Sattler, and Gennaro are driving through the lagoon to the settlement, a herd of Camarasaurs is standing on the road. Dr. Harding explains that smaller animals can be scared away with a recorded T. rex roar, but not the Camarasaurs. He also says that they have a motion-based amphibian vision.
Only 12 are left at the end of the novel. The remaining are all killed in the napalm bombing along with the rest of the dinosaurs.
The Lost World[]
Despite sometimes replacing Apatosaurus in some addictions of the first Michael Crichton novel, Camarasaurus does not return for any edition of The Lost World, leaving Apatosaurus to retain its initial role.
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