Apatosaurus

Summary

Apatosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Apatosaurus ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,587 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Apatosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Apatosaurus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Apatosaurus is classified within Apatosaurinae^[5].
• Apatosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Morrison Formation^[6].
• Apatosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as United States^[7].
• Apatosaurus's scientific name is Apatosaurus^[8].
• Apatosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Apatosaurus^[9].
• Apatosaurus began on -152000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Apatosaurus ended on -151000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Apatosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Apatosaurus^[12].
• Apatosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Apatosaurus^[13].
• Apatosaurus's main food source is recorded as herbivore^[14].
• Apatosaurus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Apatosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '迷惑龍'}^[16].
• Apatosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+22.8'}^[17].
• Apatosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+21.0'}^[18].
• Apatosaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+22.4'}^[19].
• Apatosaurus dates from the Late Jurassic^[20].
• Apatosaurus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].
• Apatosaurus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Dinosaurs^[22].
• Apatosaurus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Palaeontology^[23].

Body

Classification

Apatosaurus's scientific name is Apatosaurus^[8]. Apatosaurus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Apatosaurus is classified within Apatosaurinae^[5]. Apatosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '迷惑龍'}^[16].

Identifiers

Apatosaurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 553011^[24]. Apatosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47459350^[25]. Apatosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822558^[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Apatosaurus include 9949 Brontosaurus^[27], an asteroid^[28].

Why It Matters

Apatosaurus ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,587 views/month).^[2] Apatosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Apatosaurus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for Apatosaurus include 9949 Brontosaurus^[27], an asteroid^[28].