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What did o c marsh discover about the dinosaur he called brontosaurus?
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Why was brontosaurus called thunder lizard?
Othniel Charles Marsh named the dinosaur Brontosaurus because of its impressive size. However, Brontosaurus is actually an invalid name for Apatosaurus excelsius.
When was the brontosaurus discovered?
Brontosaurus was discovered by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1879. Two years before, however, he discovered Apatosaurus ajax. It turns out that Brontosaurus belonged to the same genus as Apatosaurus ajax, so the name Brontosaurus isn't valid. Brontosaurus is now called Apatosaurus excelsus.
What year was the brontosaurus found in?
Brontosaurus was discovered by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1879. Two years before, however, he discovered Apatosaurus ajax. It turns out that Brontosaurus belonged to the same genus as Apatosaurus ajax, so the name Brontosaurus isn't valid. Brontosaurus is now called Apatosaurus excelsus.
Who was the scientist that discovered the large brontosaurus?
The brontosaurus was my favorite dinosaur, so it came as a bit of a shock to me to learn that it really didn't exist. A fellow named O.C. Marsh found a skeleton of an already-named animal called "Apatosaurus," but it was missing its head. To make a better-looking display for the Peabody Museum, he fitted it with the head of another creature called "Camarasaurus" and named the resulting chimera "Brontosaurus." Since Apatosaurus contributed most of the skeleton, many books identify the creature as "Apatosaurus, formerly called Brontosaurus" but that's not strictly correct.
Were where the first brachiosaurus bones found?
It is said that the Brontosaurus does not exist; paleontologist O.C. Marsh, who discovered the Brontosaurus in 1879 found a skeleton that did not have a head, so he used a skull that was found miles away to complete the skeleton. The skeleton O.C. Marsh had found was actually the skeleton of an Apatosaurus, which is a species he had already discovered and named two years earlier. So that being said, there was no longer any dinosaur named Brontosaurus.
What is the literal translation of brontosaurus?
Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard" in ancient Greek. Othniel Charles Marsh named it Brontosaurus because of its impressive size. However, Brontosaurus is actually an invalid name for Apatosaurus excelsius.
What genus of dinosaur was discovered by Marsh in 1879?
The genuses Marsh described for the first time in 1879: Brontosaurus (same as Apatosaurus) Camptonotus (no longer valid) Camptosaurus Coelurus Additionally, Marsh described the following species (of previously described genuses) in 1879: Apatosaurus laticollis (same as A. ajax) Atlantosaurus excelcus (no longer valid) Stegosaurus ungulatus
Why was aptosaurus used to be called brontosaurus?
Othniel Charles Marsh discovered a species of Apatosaurus in 1877, and he named it Apatosaurus ajax. Two years later, he discovered another species of Apatosaurus. Marsh didn't realize that they both belonged to the same genus, though, so he named the new species Brontosaurus excelsus. When it was determined that Brontosaurus excelsus was actually a species of Apatosaurus, its name was changed to Apatosaurus excelsus.
What does the name APATOSAURAS mean?
Deceptive lizard. Brontosaurus is now called apatosaurus- 'deceptive lizard'- one of the largest land animals that ever lived.
Why was it called that Brachiosaurus?
During the bone wars of the mid to late 1800s, paleontologists Cope and Marsh were competing to discover and name the most dinosaurs. As a result, Marsh discovered the already established Apatosaurus next to a new species Camarasaurus skull and named it the Brontosaurus or "Thunder Lizard". The scientific classification laws state that once a species is named in a published journal, that first name is the official name for the species. Therefore the Brontosaurus has been wiped out of the history books and it is once again the Apatosaurus.
What does the word Brachiosaurus mean?
Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard" in ancient Greek. Othniel Charles Marsh named it Brontosaurus because of its impressive size. However, Brontosaurus is actually an invalid name for Apatosaurus excelsius.
Who named the brontosaurus?
Othniel Charles Marsh discovered one species of Apatosaurus, and named it Apatosaurus ajax. When he discovered Apatosaurus excelsus, though, he assigned it to its own genus, Brontosaurus. Later it was found that both Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus ajax belonged to the same genus, so Brontosaurus was reassigned to Apatosaurus excelsus.
