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Brontosaurus
- Brontosaurus, meaning "thunder lizard", is actually another name for the Apatosaurus dinosaur.
- When some new fossils were discovered in 1879, the discoverer though that he had found a completely new species, and named the dinosaur Brontosaurus.
- It wasn't until 1903 that scientists realized that it was actually the same type of dinosaur that had already been named Apatosaurus. However, the name “Brontosaurus” has stayed with us, and though it is not scientifically correct, it is used more often than Apatosaurus by the general public.
Dino Magic™ Dinosaurs
All the model dinosaurs featured in the Dino Magic Eggs are actually modelled after real dinosaurs that roamed the Earth millions of years ago! Want to find out more? Don't know your Brontosaurus from your Archaeopteryx? Well, you're in the right place!
Allosaurus /
Archaeopteryx /
Brontosaurus /
Carnotaurus /
Ceratosaurus /
Coelophysis /
Euoplocephalus /
Kentrosaurus /
Longisquama /
Ornitholestes /
Ornithomimus /
Pachycephalosaurus /
Parasaurolophus /
Postosuchus /
Pterodactyl /
Scelidosaurus /
Spinosaurus /
Stegosaurus /
Styracosaurus /
Thecodont /
Therizinosaurus /
Triceratops /
Tyrannosaurus Rex /
Velociraptor
The information about the dinosaur on this page is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Brontosaurus.