Identity card : Apatosaurus

IDENTITY CARD
Name	Apatosaurus
Other names	Brontosaurus, Elosaurus
Length	up to 21 meters
Weight	10-40 tons
Age	Late Jurassic
Distribution	USA
Diet	herbivorous

General information

Apatosaurus was named by the American palaeontologist Othniel C. Marsh in 1877. Apatosaurus has also been called Brontosaurus by Marsh in 1879, but Apatosaurus was the first given name. It means "deceptive lizard".

This big and heavy dinosaur had a long neck, a long tail and a long skull.

Pictures

	Picture JS59 © J. Sibbick
	Picture JS68 © J. Sibbick