The largest species b. Brontosaurus was a large long necked quadrupedal animal with a long whip like tail and fore limbs that were slightly shorter than its hind limbs. Whereas apatosaurus the dinosaur previously known as brontosaurus was once thought to weigh 40 or 50 tons the corrected equation puts this plant eater at a mere 15 to 25 tons though of course it doesnt have any effect on its enormous length. This genus has long been considered as a synonym of apatosaurus. At the scale of your typical sauropod the difference is dramatic. Argentinosaurus is far larger at 98 feet in length with a weight of about 80.
For comparison the current largest land animal the average male african bush elephant is 320 m 10 ft 6 in tall at. Brontosaurus is an invalid name for apatosaurus excelsus which was 75 feet long and weighed between 18 and 25 tons. Brontosaurus is an invalid name for apatosaurus excelsus. Excelsus weighed up to 15200 kg 33500 lb and measured up to 22 m 72 ft long from head to tail. Brontosaurus was nearly 6 meter tall at head nad nearly 5 meter at hips. In 1903 its type species brontosaurus excelsus was reclassified as apatosaurus excelsus.
Apatosaurus excelsus was about 45 meters tall or 15 feet tall at the highest point on its back. Brontosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived around 155 to 152 million years ago. It is unknown what angle they held.
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