Apatosaurus
See also: apatosaurus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπάτη (apátē, “trick, deception”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”) due to initial confusion over the analysis of the vertebral elements.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Sauropodomorpha - suborder; Sauropoda - infraorder; Eusauropoda - taxon; Neosauropoda - taxon; Diplodocoidea - superfamily; Diplodocidae - family
References
Apatosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Apatosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Apatosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Apatosaurus at Fossilworks
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