Dinosaur
Brontosaurus
Few dinosaurs have a naming history as eventful as Brontosaurus.
Few dinosaurs have a naming history as eventful as Brontosaurus. It had an enormous body, a long muscular neck, a small head and an extensive tail. It walked on four sturdy legs and belonged to the diplodocids, a family of large Jurassic plant eaters.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Brontosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Diplodocidae
- Diplodocids
- Fossil locations
- Wyoming
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Brontosaurus
The original specimen was found at Como Bluff, Wyoming. For a long time it was grouped with Apatosaurus; an analysis published in 2015 proposed recognizing Brontosaurus as a separate genus again.
The separation remains part of scientific debate, although the name has returned to use in modern studies. It is retained here as a genus with that qualification, without pretending that the name’s popularity alone settled the classification.
The separation remains part of scientific debate, although the name has returned to use in modern studies. It is retained here as a genus with that qualification, without pretending that the name’s popularity alone settled the classification.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
The original specimen was found at Como Bluff, Wyoming. For a long time it was grouped with Apatosaurus; an analysis published in 2015 proposed recognizing Brontosaurus as a separate genus again.
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