I took some photos of what I later learned is called Dinny the Dinosaur, the once-pink-turned-purple apatosaurus, and the similarly massive 65-foot Tyrannosaurus rex sculpture named Mr. Rex ...

Although the mistake was spotted by scientists by 1903, the Brontosaurus lived on, in movies, books and children's imaginations. The Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh even topped its Apatosaurus ...

Apatosaurus isn’t the only dinosaur to present a short cartoon autobiography. The same series also features a regal Tyrannosaurus , a Baryonyx suffering ennui, and an anxious Beipiaosaurus who ...

Apatosaurus suffers from an identity crisis of epic proportions. Even today, many people only know this amazing animal as the Brontosaurus, a name that was discarded 111 years ago. Really, it’s ...

The apatosaurus name, which was published first, took precedence while the brontosaurus was cast aside. Both dinosaurs lived approximately 150 million years ago.

But the evocative name—which means "thunder lizard" in Greek—would live on for decades, until 1970s researchers ended the debate by showing that Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus had very similar ...

The Apatosaurus, nicknamed "Volcano," is approximately 150 million years old. Its skeleton is composed of between 75% and 80% original bones, with 254 of approximately 319 bones preserved.

Marsh named the first Apatosaurus, or “deceptive lizard,” and the second Brontosaurus, or “noble thunder lizard.” However, in 1903, paleontologist Elmer Riggs contested the idea that the ...

Apatosaurus had a 50-foot-long tail. (National Park Service Illustration / Bob Walters / Tess Kissinger) The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus could certainly do a lot of damage with its ...