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Apatosaurus


TYPE SPECIES: A. ajax, Marsh, 1877
OTHER SPECIES: A. excelsus, Marsh, 1879 (as Brontosaurus)
A. louisae, Holland, 1915
A. montanus, Marsh, 1877 [dubious name] (as "Titanosaurus")
A. alenquerensis, de Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957=Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
SYNONYMS: Brontosaurus
CLASSIFICATION:
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Neosauropoda
Diplocimorpha
Diplocidae

LENGTH: 21-26 meters (68-85 feet)

TIME PERIOD: Kimmeridgian to Tithonian (Late Jurassic)

LOCATION: Colorado and other Western North American states

ABOUT: Previously known as Brontosaurus.