Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus
PrehistoricPhoto: Tadek Kurpaski from London, Poland · CC BY 2.0
DinosaurExtinctherbivore
Apatosaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that roamed North America over 150 million years ago. This gentle giant stretched up to 75 feet long and weighed as much as four elephants. Its fossils were found in what's now the western United States.
- Grew up to 23 meters (75 feet) from nose to tail tip
- Some individuals may have weighed around 33 metric tons
- Lived during the Late Jurassic, about 152-151 million years ago
ForestGrasslandNorth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Dinosaur
- Scientific name
- Apatosaurus
- Habitat
- Forest, Grassland
- Regions in this directory
- North America
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- giant
