brontosaurus: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Brontosaurus

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Illustration of a Brontosaurus dinosaur with a long neck and tail, walking on four legs, shown beside a faint outline of an elephant for size comparison. Scale bars indicate the Brontosaurus measures about 20 meters (66 feet) long.

Vintage Gay Parita Sinclair gas station on Route 66 in Paris Junction, Missouri, with retro gas pumps, old signs, and a large Sinclair sign featuring a green dinosaur.

A black-and-white hand-drawn dinosaur bends down to drink from a lake.

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Brontosaurus excelsus Early Cretaceous Epoch Late Jurassic Epoch Apatosaurus Diplodocidae Diplodocus

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