Safari Ltd Apatosaurus Great Dinos

Apatosaurus was a sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic Period (about 152 million years ago) in what is now western North America. It was one of the largest terrestrial animals to have ever existed, measuring at least 70 feet in length and weighing about 20 tons.

• Scientific Name: Apatosaurus, meaning ‘deceptive lizard’
• Characteristics: Apatosaurus was a quadruped with a long neck and whip-like tail. It had a small head with a peculiar short, squared-off snout and chisel-like teeth that were used to crop vegetation. Its body was stout, and its front legs were slightly shorter than its back legs. Being very large and heavy, they could not walk very fast.
• Size and Color: This model is 15.5 inches long and 6.5 inches high. It is medium gray-blue with subtle dark gray mottling on its back. Such coloring would have provided some camouflaging, but this would not have been that important for such a huge animal.
• The Apatosaurus is part of the Great Dinos collection
• All of our products are Non-toxic and BPA free

History

Apatosaurus has had a confusing history. The first skeletons were found all mixed up with the bones of two other species of large sauropods called Diplodocus and Camarasaurus, and when paleontologists first tried to put the skeleton of Apatosaurus together, they mistakenly put the skull of Camarasaurus on the end of the neck. So, even though most of the skeleton of Apatosaurs looked a lot like Diplodocus, the skull did not, and no one could figure out what other dinosaurs Apatosaurus was related to. It was only much later that a skeleton was found with a skull attached – it looked a lot like the skull of Diplodocus. So now we know that Apatosaurus and Diplodocus are closely related.

At one time, it was thought that Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus, another sauropod from the same place, were really the same dinosaur that had accidentally been given two names. A recent study has shown that although Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus are very similar, they are actually two different dinosaurs.

• Recommended Age: 3+
• Size in cm: 39.5 L x 16.5 H
• Size in inches: 15.55 L x 6.5 H
• UPC: 609366300047