Apatosaurus
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| Apatosaurus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class Information | |
| Class | Sauropsida |
| Order Information | |
| Superorder | Dinosauria |
| Order | Saurischia |
| Sub-order | Sauropodomorpha |
| Infraorder | Sauropoda |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Diplodocidae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Apatosaurus |
| Species Information | |
| Species | A. ajax A. excelsus A. louisae |
| Synonyms | Brontosaurus |
| Population statistics | |
| Conservation status | Extinct |
Apatosaurus (Greek: ἀπατηλός apatelos, and σαῦρος sauros; "deceptive lizard") refers to three species of dinosaur originally discovered in the 1870's in the western United States.