Brontosaurus
PeriodLate Jurassic (156-146 Ma)
DietHerbivore
Length22 m
Weight15,000 kg
LocationWestern North America
ClassificationSauropoda
About Brontosaurus
For more than a century scientists treated it as the same animal as Apatosaurus, but a major 2015 study restored Brontosaurus as a valid genus. Its neck was stockier and held lower than that of Diplodocus. Became one of the most famous dinosaur names in the world despite a century of scientific exile.
Size
22 m longArgentinosaurus: 35 m
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