Definition of Genus apatosaurus

1. Noun. Large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Apatosaurus

genus Anthidium
genus Anthoceros
genus Anthonomus
genus Anthriscus
genus Anthurium
genus Anthus
genus Anthyllis
genus Antidorcas
genus Antigonia
genus Antilocapra
genus Antilope
genus Antirrhinum
genus Antrodemus
genus Antrozous
genus Aotus
genus Apatosaurus
genus Apatura
genus Aphis
genus Aphriza
genus Aphrophora
genus Aphyllanthes
genus Apios
genus Apis
genus Apium
genus Aplectrum
genus Aplodontia
genus Aplysia
genus Apocynum
genus Apodemus
genus Apogon

Literary usage of Genus 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)
"The genus Apatosaurus Marsh was proposed in 1877 upon a considerable portion of a skeleton, but with brief description only.* Early in 1879 the genus was ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. Publication by Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History (1907)
"FIG. 2. Scapula and coracoid of "Brontosaurus," after Marsh. The genus Apatosaurus Marsh was proposed in 1877 upon a con- ..."

4. Bulletin by Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique (1882)
"(Amer. Journ. of science (Silliman), vol. XV, p. 242, 1878.) « The genus Apatosaurus may bc readily distinguished from ..."

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