Apatosaurus, previously known as Brontosaurus
A solid pillar-like femur, or thigh bone that once supported the 20 to 30 tonne dinosaur, Apatosaurus. This specimen is 1.5 metres long. Apatosaurus grew up to 21 metres in length, living 150 million years ago
Picture No
10705068
Media ID
47571933
Size
3666px x 6273px
(29.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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