Tag: brontosaurus
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Brontosaurus : reinstating a prehistoric icon
The NHM in London has an article about the reinstatement of Brontosaurus as a valid species name. Both animals we discovered in the American west in the 1970, during a period of time referred to as the “Bone Wars” or the “Great Dinosaur Rush”. Apatosaurus ajax was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877 from…
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Brontosaurus Is Back!
Science Daily has an article about a peer reviewed paper that shows that Brontosaurus (the ‘thunder lizard’) is distinctly different than Apatosaurus. The authors, a group of paleontologists from Portugal and the UK, think they have conclusive evidence. The history of Brontosaurus is complex, and one of the most intriguing stories in science. In the 1870s, the Western…
