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Dinosaurs

Brontosaurus

BRON-TO-SOR-us
Brontosaurus excelsus

Brontosaurus

dinosaurs
Body Type

Sauropod

Type

Sauropoda

Meaning

Thunder lizard

Length

22 meters

Weight

15 tonnes

Taxanomy
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Diplodocidae, Apatosaurinae, Brontosaurus
Found In
North America
Range
156.3-146.8 mya
Diet
Herbivorous
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Information
Brontosaurus had a long, thin neck and a small head adapted for a herbivorous lifestyle, a bulky, heavy torso, and a long, whip-like tail. The various species lived during the Late Jurassic epoch, in the Morrison Formation of what is now North America, and were extinct by the end of the Jurassic. Adult individuals of Brontosaurus are estimated to have weighed up to 15 tonnes and measured up to 22 metres long.
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