Isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium data have been measured for the carbon dioxide + cyclopentane system at 15 temperatures from 276.64 to 493.11 K and at pressures to 12.2 MPa. The mixture critical line has been located and Is shown to be continuous In p-T-x space between the critical points of the pure components. The results are compared with the only other set of measurements on this system In the literature, which were made at temperatures below 333 K. The data sets are also correlated by using two cubic equations of state, the Soave-RedHch-Kwong and Peng-Robinson equations. Both equations provide phase compositions In good agreement with experiment except near the critical points of mixtures. Binary Interaction parameters for the system are reported for both equations of state over the entire temperature range.