Description
Apatosauruswas a sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic Period (about 152 million years ago) in what is now western North America. It was a large animal, being at least 20 metres in length, and weighed about 180kgs, but some old adults were probably a lot bigger.
Apatosauruswas a large quadrupedal dinosaur with a long neck and whip-like tail. Like most sauropods, it had a stout body, and its front legs were slightly shorter than its back legs. It was once thought that large sauropods likeApatosauruswould have been too heavy to have supported themselves on land, so were forced to float themselves in water. We now have fossil footprints that show that this is incorrect they walked on land, although not very quickly, with top speeds of less than 30km per hour.
Age range: 3yrs+ / Size:Size: 32.21 L x 7.87 W x 15.88 H cm
