Brontosaurus excelsus (Marsh, 1879)
Dinosauria
Sauropoda
Diplodocoidea
Diplodocidae
Apatosaurinae
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
Morrison Formation
Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah,Wyoming; United States
Length: 22 m
Although regarded as a junior synonym of Apatosaurus for over 100 years since 1903, Brontosaurus has been revived once more as a valid genus after a 2015 analysis suggested that the dinosaur is distinct enough (primarily in vertebral features) from Apatosaurus to warrant its own genus.
Link to 2015 paper:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393826/
Saturday, July 25th, 2020
