Definition of Apatosaurus

1. Noun. Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic.


Definition of Apatosaurus

1. Noun. An apatosaur. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apatosaurus

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apatosaurus

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apatosaurus (current term)
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Literary usage of 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)
"However, this is a variation ilar in kind to that noted in apatosaurus. » * The above deductions carry out, for these two genera, the theory by Osborn and ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1919)
"The coracoid is subcircular in outline; it is more distinctly rounded than that of apatosaurus, but less so than that of Diplodocus. ..."

3. 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 ..."

4. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1918)
"... (Morrison) and lagoons of the region now elevated into the Rocky Mountain chain of Wyoming and Colorado. ,(Lower.) Mounted skeleton of apatosaurus ..."

5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... of the Morrison formation near Canon City, Colorado. It is larger than H. />nV//\. and is known from characteristic parts of the skeleton. apatosaurus ..."

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