brontosaurus
Huge herbivorous dinosaur
Brontosaurus is a large, long-necked dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period—one of the iconic plant-eating giants with a massive body, pillar-like legs, and whip-like tail.
The name was once considered invalid by scientists who classified it under Apatosaurus, but recent research has restored it as a distinct genus.
In popular culture, brontosaurus remains the quintessential gentle giant of prehistory: The museum's brontosaurus skeleton towered over the visitors.
Dinosaur-dominated geological period
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- extinctNo longer existing
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
diplodocus · skeleton · bones · Cretaceous · titanosaur · dig · excavation · specimen
Extremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- giganticImmensely large in scale
- toweringOf imposing height
immense · hulking · behemoth · titan · mammoth · gargantuan · vast · lumbering
Jurassic
Dinosaur-dominated geological period
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- extinctNo longer existing
Mesozoic · diplodocus · skeleton · bones · Cretaceous · titanosaur · dig · excavation · specimen · long-necked
colossal
Extremely large in scale
towering · immense · hulking · behemoth · titan · mammoth · gargantuan · vast · lumbering · heavyweight
grazing
Feeding on pasture
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
browsers · treetops · ferns · conifers · plant-eater · foraging · herd · gentle · browsing · cycads
Sinclair
Scottish-origin family name
- FlintstonesAnimated prehistoric suburban comedy
- retroEvoking recent past
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
childhood · icon · logo · mascot · museum · toy · cartoon · pop-culture · misnamed · reclassified
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
- Extinct Herbivoresmammoth, woolly mammoth, mastodon, triceratops, stegosaurus
- herbivorous dinosaurstriceratops, stegosaurus, ankylosaurus, iguanodon, hadrosaur
- apatosaurine
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- megafaunaelephant, mammoth, woolly mammoth, mastodon, rhinoceros
brontosaurusvelociraptor
Small feathered Cretaceous predator
carnosaur · theropod · raptor · apex predator · megalodon