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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.

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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 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.


Who discovered the apatosaurus?

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.


What is an interesting fact about brontosaurus?

Brontosaurus was discovered two years after Apatosaurus ajax. It was assigned to its own genus, but it was later found that Brontosaurus belonged to the same genus as Apatosaurus ajax. Thus, the name Brontosaurus is invalid, and now it is called Apatosaurus excelsus.


Why was the brontosaurus special?

A dinosaur named the Apatosaurus was discovered, documented, and named. Afterwards, another dinosaur was found, documented, and named the Brontosaurus. Years later, it was reaalized that the Brontosaurus was really an Apatosaurus, and it is not another genus.


Who named the apatosaurus?

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.


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.


Does brontosaurus hunt in herds?

Brontosaurus was an herbavore therefor it does not hunt. However Brontosaurus does move and graze in herds.


The brontosaurus is know as this?

Brontosaurus is now known as apatosuarus.


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.


When was Period of the brontosaurus?

Brontosaurus lived during the Jurassic Period


When was Bully for Brontosaurus created?

Bully for Brontosaurus was created in 1991.