Brontosaurus Traditional Geocache
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Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived from about
154 to 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period
(Kimmeridgian and early Tithonian ages). It was one of the largest
land animals that ever existed, with an average length of 23 m (75
ft) and a mass of at least 23 metric tons (25 short tons). The
composite term Brontosaurus comes from the Greek names apate
meaning "deception"/"deceptive" and sauros meaning "lizard"; thus,
"deceptive lizard".
The cervical vertebrae were less elongated and more heavily
constructed than those of Diplodocus and the bones of the leg were
much stockier (despite being longer), implying a more robust
animal. The tail was held above the ground during normal
locomotion. Like most sauropods, Brontosaurus had only a single
large claw on each forelimb, with the first three toes on the hind
limb possessing claws.
Fossils of these animals have been found in Nine Mile Quarry and
Bone Cabin Quarry in Wyoming and at sites in Colorado, Oklahoma and
Utah.
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