How did a brontosaurus differ from a brachiosaurus?

The animal genus that is called “Brontosaurus” is more correctly named Apatosaurus, although there is some evidence that Brontosaurus is a valid genus of it's own. read more

The most eye-catching difference between Brontosaurus (for those of you who don’t read news for the past 10 years, Brontosaurus was proven to be legitimate and not Apatosaurus in 2014) and Brachiosaurus is the shape of the head and neck. read more

Both Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus were members of the sauropod family and were among the largest land animals ever. Both lived during the Jurassic Period, 146 to 157 million years ago. The name Brachiosaurus means “arm lizard,” due to its limbs being unusually long for a sauropod. read more

Brontosaurus and brachiosaurus did live at about the same time (the late Jurassic). However, they were quite different animals. Brontosaurus is a diplodocid, closely related to its contemporary, the diplodocus. Brachiosaurus belonged to its own family, other members of which included the giraffatitan. read more