Apatosaurus - Long Neck Dinosaurs
Name Means deceptive lizard
Size 70-90 feet (21-27 meters) long
Period Late Jurassic Period
Fossilsite Colorado and Wyoming, USA
Diet Herbivore (plant-eating) dinosaur
Apatosaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs, but it is usually known
by its more popular name "Brontosaurus". These long-neck dinosaurs
also had whip like tails. Apatosaurus may have used its long tail to defend
against predators.
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