When Was the Apatosaurus Live?
Apatosaurus, (Genus Apatosaurus), Subsumes Brontosaurus, Genus of at Least Two Species of Giant Herbivorous Sauropod Sauropod Sauropods First Evolved in the...
Apatosaurus, (genus Apatosaurus), subsumes Brontosaurus, genus of at least two species of giant herbivorous
Where did Apatosaurus lived?
Apatosaurus lived in the Late Jurassic (approximately 155-145 million years ago) in North America. The bones of Apatosaurus have been collected from Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Oklahoma. Apatosaurus grew far larger than any land animal alive today, measuring 21 metres long, 6 metres high and weighing 25 tonnes.
Where was the first Apatosaurus found?
The first Apatosaurus bones were discovered by Edward Drinker Cope and the name Apatosaurus ajax was coined in 1877 by Cope's rival Othniel Charles Marsh, Professor of Paleontology at Yale University, based on a nearly complete skeleton (holotype, YPM 1860) discovered in the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains in ...
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