Along with an Allosaurus and a tiny Tyrannosaurus, Cutler created an eight-foot-high model of Apatosaurus —a scaled-down outline of the massive Jurassic herbivore.

Few sauropods can boast the same claim to fame as Apatosaurus. With a colossal, dramatic form perfect for the centerpieces of exhibitions on dinosaurs in museums across the United States of ...

Differing dino teeth. Some sauropods, like Apatosaurus, had simple teeth, more similar to a meat-eater, such as the theropod Allosaurus, than to the small-bodied Nanosaurus, another herbivore.

Apatosaurus suffers from an identity crisis of epic proportions. Even today, many people only know this amazing animal as the Brontosaurus, a name that was discarded 111 years ago. Really, it’s ...

Tyrannosaurus, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Allosaurus, Edmontosaurus —their skeletons remains as impressive as ever, but given all the new dinosaur species discovered during the past century, it ...

One night at dinner, 10-year-old dinosaur fan Kenyon Roberts asked a family guest — state Sen. Curt Bramble — why Utah had made the Allosaurus its official state fossil.

The bones and skull of an Apatosaurus – named “Max” by the Swiss team – joins the nearly complete skeleton of an Allosaurus (“Big Al Two”), as the two most impressive finds among the ...

A COMPUTER reconstruction of a fearsome Allosaurus dinosaur has revealed that its butt was much worse than its bite, solving the mystery of how it hunted 150 million years ago. Big Al: Emily ...

John S. McIntosh, David S. Berman, Description of the Palate and Lower Jaw of the Sauropod Dinosaur Diplodocus (Reptilia: Saurischia) with Remarks on the Nature of the Skull of Apatosaurus, Journal of ...

Lautenschlager said Allosaurus and T. rex most likely used their maximum jaw gape only rarely, "probably only in cases when large prey had to be captured." Their optimal gape angle was 28 degrees.