apatosaurus
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A very large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus (or Brontosaurus) of the late Jurassic Period. Apatosaurs had a long neck and tail and a relatively small head.
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See Note at brontosaurus
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Titanosaurs were a type of sauropods, or the long-necked, long-tailed and massive behemoths whose most famous members include the brontosaurus, apatosaurus and brachiosaurus.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2021
Large, long-necked dinosaurs like brachiosaurus and apatosaurus are called sauropods — literally, “lizard foot.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2018
As well-wishers munched on cookies decorated with Dino, Sinclair’s green apatosaurus logo, the Kemnitz family visited with old friends and business partners, such as Dick Cross, of Cross Oil Co. in Ponca City.
From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2016
But the director Colin Trevorrow successfully lobbied Universal to build a single animatronic dinosaur—an apatosaurus.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2016
Though only glimpsed in the teaser, the near-miss also sets up the movie's central relationship, in which a teenage apatosaurus named Arlo takes in a wild young human boy named Spot as a pet.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2015
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