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apatosaurusLarge plant-eating dinosaur, formerly called brontosaurus, which flourished about 145 million years ago. Up to 21 m/69 ft long and 30 tonnes in weight, it stood on four elephantlike legs and had a long tail, long neck, and small head. It probably snipped off low-growing vegetation with peglike front teeth, and swallowed it whole to be ground by pebbles in the stomach. |
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First came Dinny the apatosaurus, built in the '60s and immortalized in the 1985 film PeeWee's Big Adventure. However, Diplodocus and Apatosaurus, sauropods that had long tails and carried most of their weight over their rear legs, floated with their hind feet deeper than their front feet. New studies estimate the giant Apatosaurus gained more than 30 pounds a day during adolescence. |
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