(Jurassic, Albany County, WY)
Original: University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, US

Skeleton
80' l
[ 24.4m l ]

NEW 2008

Apatosaurus belongs to a group of dinosaurs called sauropods. The name means ‘deceptive lizard’ because the chevron bones were like those of Mosasaurus.

An animal this size probably needed to eat more than a ton of vegetation a day just to stay alive. Hollow spaces in the neck bones allowed them to be strong, yet kept the neck from being too heavy.

The cervical vertebrae and the bones in the legs were bigger and heavier than that of Diplodocus suggesting a more robust animal although, like Diplodocus, Apatosaurus also had both a long neck and a long tail. The tail was held above the ground during normal locomotion. Like most sauropods, Apatosaurus had only a single large claw on each forelimb.

This specimen is an excellent example of the collaborative projects that TPI is involved with. TPI staff is providing the cleaning, restoration, molding, casting and remounting of this prized specimen for the University of Wyoming. The result is the opportunity for your facility to have a cast replica of this spectacular specimen in your collections.

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