Brontosaurus

See also: brontosaurus

Translingual

Brontosaurus parvus cast skeleton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -saurus.

Proper noun

Brontosaurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae – certain large long-necked sauropods; formerly merged into Apatosaurus.

Usage notes

First named in 1879. The original species B. excelsus was reclassified as Apatosaurus excelsus in 1903, and the genus was thence regarded as a junior synonym of Apatosaurus. A study published in 2015 reinstated Brontosaurus as a separate genus (including also B. yahnahpin and B. parvus), although not all palaeontologists agree with the new grouping.

Hypernyms

• (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

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Brontosaurus excelsus (type species)
  • †Brontosaurus yahnahpin, †Brontosaurus parvus (other species)

Further reading

• Brontosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brontosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Brontosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons