Apatosaurus (Juvenile)

Silhouette of the dino

How To Say It

ah-PAT-uh-SAWR-us

What It Means

Deceptive Lizard

Did You Know?
Apatosaurus’ long neck may have been used to reach large areas of low vegetation, or to poke into strands of trees to get foliage that was otherwise unavailable to the huge, lumbering varieties of sauropods that could not go into the forests because of their size. Alternatively, the long neck may have enabled this sauropod to eat soft-leaved plants that lived in wet areas while standing on firm, dry ground.

What It Eats

Illustration of food type

How Big It Is

Illustration of size comparison to humans

Where It Lived

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When It Lived

152 - 151 Million Years Ago

Fun Fact

The Apatosaurus was formerly known as the Brontosaurus by Othniel Charles Marsh when he incorrectly placed the head of a Camarasaurus on the body of an Apatosaurus.

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