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Definition of Genus Apatosaurus
1. Noun. Large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Sauropoda, Suborder Sauropoda
Member holonyms: Apatosaur, Apatosaurus, Apatosaurus Excelsus, Brontosaur, Brontosaurus, Thunder Lizard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Apatosaurus
Literary usage of Genus Apatosaurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"The genus Apatosaurus Marsh was proposed in 1877 upon a considerable portion of
a skeleton, but with brief description only.* Early in 1879 the genus was ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana, ( (1880)
"Jurassic Dinosaurs of the genus APATOSAURUS of Marsh. — Page 433. FIGURE 1.
— Cervical vertebra of the APATOSAURUS LATICOLLIS Marsh, back view (one ..."
3. Publication by Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History (1907)
"FIG. 2. Scapula and coracoid of "Brontosaurus," after Marsh. The genus Apatosaurus
Marsh was proposed in 1877 upon a con- ..."
4. Bulletin by Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique (1882)
"(Amer. Journ. of science (Silliman), vol. XV, p. 242, 1878.) « The genus Apatosaurus
may bc readily distinguished from ..."
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