Lets learn about dinosaurs -Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus - Random facts for little kids
This was one of the biggest dinosaurs to ever live on earth. It grew up to 23 meters in length and weight about 23 tonnes.
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Otniel Charles Marsh found the first fossils of this dinosaur in 1877 and he named the dinosaur 'Apatosaurus' which means 'deceptive lizard'. He later found bigger bones and thought it belonged to a different species which he named 'Brontosaurus' meaning 'thunder lizard'. Later he realized that the bones were from the same species, just an adult, but by then the name Brontosaurus already caught on and people were using it. This dinosaur is known by the two names.
This dinosaur lived about 150 million years ago.
It took about 10 years to be fully matured and outgrown.
It had a very long neck and in order to balance it had to have a long tail to balance it. They were plant eaters and not really any natural enemies since they were so big.
Like most of the dinosaurs, the Apatosaurus also hatched from eggs. The mother did not take care of the eggs.
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