NormalBrontosaurus
Brontosaurus excelsus
BRON-toh-SORE-us· “thunder lizard”
🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Diplodocidae
22 m
Length
4.5 m
Height
15 t
Weight
One of the most famous dinosaurs of all — a huge, long-necked, whip-tailed giant of the Jurassic plains whose very name means 'thunder lizard'.
When
Late Jurassic, ~155–150 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Othniel Charles Marsh, 1879
Did you know?
- Its name means 'thunder lizard'.
- For a long time it was thought to be the same as Apatosaurus, but it was reinstated as its own kind in 2015.
- It had a long whip-like tail and a small head far from its body.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.