Apatosaurus

Summary

Apatosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Apatosaurus ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Apatosaurus's image is recorded as Apatosaurus louisae by durbed.jpg^[3].
• Apatosaurus's image is recorded as Apatosaurus.jpg^[4].
• Apatosaurus's image is recorded as Louisae.jpg^[5].
• Apatosaurus's image is recorded as Apatosaurus ajax skull.jpg^[6].
• Apatosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Apatosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• Apatosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Apatosaurinae^[9].
• Apatosaurus's taxon range map image is recorded as Apatosaurus distribution map.png^[10].
• Apatosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Morrison Formation^[11].
• Apatosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as United States^[12].
• Apatosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Apatosaurus^[13].
• Apatosaurus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88001238^[14].
• Apatosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Apatosaurus^[15].
• Apatosaurus's start time is recorded as -152000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Apatosaurus's end time is recorded as -151000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Apatosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p0b^[18].
• Apatosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47459350^[19].
• Apatosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38665^[20].
• Apatosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822558^[21].
• Apatosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Apatosaurus^[22].
• Apatosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Apatosaurus^[23].
• Apatosaurus's main food source is recorded as herbivore^[24].
• Apatosaurus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0086242^[25].
• Apatosaurus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Apatosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Apatosaurus^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Apatosaurus include 9949 Brontosaurus^[28], an asteroid^[29].

Why It Matters

Apatosaurus ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).^[2] Apatosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Apatosaurus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Apatosaurus include 9949 Brontosaurus^[28], an asteroid^[29].