Noun
a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America
Source: WordNetApatosaurus, like Diplodocus, would have held its neck angled upwards with the head pointing downwards in a resting posture. Source: Internet
Apatosaurus is commonly found at the same sites as Allosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, and Stegosaurus. Source: Internet
Skull of BYU 17096 ("Einstein") in front view No Apatosaurus skull was mentioned in literature until the 1970s when John Stanton McIntosh and David Berman redescribed the skulls of Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. Source: Internet
They state the feeding ranges for sauropods like Diplodocus were smaller than previously believed and the animals may have had to move their whole bodies around to better access areas where they could browse vegetation. Source: Internet
The tibia and fibula bones are different from the slender bones of Diplodocus, but are nearly indistinguishable from those of Camarasaurus. Source: Internet
The conclusions of Cobley et al. are disputed by Taylor, who analyzed the amount and positioning of intervertebral cartilage to determine the flexibility of the neck of Apatosaurus and Diplodocus. Source: Internet