Dinosaurs

[bowleya]

I distinctly remember reading one of my son's dinosaur books which said Brachiosaurus and Brontosaurus were one and the same! However, cannot now find the book in question. Can anyone confirm this to be the case please.+++I am desperate to find out the answer as I want to prove someone wrong tomorrow!!!!!! Many thanks.

[maggie01]

http://members.tripod.com/~Dinosauria/DinoList .html This may tell you.

[Dino Dave]

Almost right. Brontosaurus is no longer a valid name, being the same animal as Apatosaurus.

Brachiosaurus us is valid dinosaur name.

Both Apatosaurus & Brachiosaurus are sauropods - huge quadrupedal dinosaurs with long necks and tails + small heads.

Interestingly, both Apatosaurus & Brontosaurus were names given to fossil remains by the same man - Prof Marsh. Back in the late 19th century, at the height of the 'bone wars' when Marsh & his rival Cope were pulling as many dinosaurs out of the ground in an attempt to out do each other.