Apatosaurus
See also: apatosaurus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀπάτη (apátē, “trick, deception”) + -saurus, due to initial confusion over the analysis of the vertebral elements.
Proper noun
edit†Apatosaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae.
Hypernyms
edit- (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
edit- Apatosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Apatosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Apatosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Apatosaurus at Paleobiology Database