GeoByte1:Plant-eating sauropods (the largest land animals ever) consumed a lot of vegetation-about a ton of greenery per day!
GeoByte2:Fossils of Apatosaurus were first discovered by Othniel March in 1877. These dinosaurs roamed the present-day states of Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
GeoByte3:The thighbone of an Apatosaurus was 5 feet (1.5 m) long-as tall as a person!
GeoByte4:Once called Brontosaurus, this dinosaur is now called Apatosaurus, the name it was first given in 1877.
GeoByte5:Although one of the largest dinosaurs, Apatosaurus had a brain no bigger than a human fist.
GeoByte6:Apatosaurus was as long as a tennis court and had a very elongated neck and tail. The tail alone contained 82 bones!