apatosaurus
Massive Jurassic herbivore
Apatosaurus is a genus of large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, recognizable by its massive body, long neck, and whip-like tail.
For decades it was popularly known as brontosaurus, though paleontologists now treat these as separate genera.
The apatosaurus skeleton dominates the museum's main hall.
Long-necked Jurassic herbivore
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- excavationAct of unearthing
paleontologist · Morrison Formation · herbivorous · quadruped · Jurassic · Mesozoic · extinct · coprolite
Having extended throat region
- tailRear animal appendage
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- quadrupedalWalking on four legs
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
skull · teeth · small head · barrel-shaped · hindlimbs · forelimbs · cervical · dorsal
Extremely large in scale
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- giganticImmensely large in scale
towering · behemoth · tonnage · heavyweight · titanosaur · largest · giant · bulk
Dinosaur-dominated geological period
- Morrison FormationMesozoic sedimentary rock sequence
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- conifersCone-producing trees
cycads · ginkgoes · horsetails · riverine · foraging · browsing · herd · grazing
Lizard-hipped dinosaur clade
- archosaurRuling reptile clade member
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
clade · phylogeny · nomenclature · ajax
diplodocus
Long-necked Jurassic herbivore
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
excavation · paleontologist · Morrison Formation · herbivorous · quadruped · Jurassic · Mesozoic · extinct · coprolite · trackway
long-necked
Having extended throat region
- tailRear animal appendage
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- quadrupedalWalking on four legs
vertebrae · skull · teeth · small head · barrel-shaped · hindlimbs · forelimbs · cervical · dorsal · caudal
colossal
Extremely large in scale
gigantic · towering · behemoth · tonnage · heavyweight · titanosaur · largest · giant · bulk · weight
Jurassic
Dinosaur-dominated geological period
- Morrison FormationMesozoic sedimentary rock sequence
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
conifers · cycads · ginkgoes · horsetails · riverine · foraging · browsing · herd · grazing · vegetation
saurischian
Lizard-hipped dinosaur clade
classification · clade · phylogeny · nomenclature · ajax
- fossilsammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils, fossil
- long necksgiraffe, swan, flamingo, heron, crane
- archosaursarchosaurs, dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs, bird
- herbivorous dinosaurstriceratops, stegosaurus, ankylosaurus, iguanodon, hadrosaur
- apatosaurine
apatosaurusTyrannosaurus rex
Large theropod dinosaur species
Velociraptor · Spinosaurus · Giganotosaurus · Megalosaurus · theropod