As much as I love both animals, tortoises are anapsid reptiles, sauropods (the type of dinosaur that Brontosaurus is) are sauropsid reptiles. read more
As much as I love both animals, tortoises are anapsid reptiles, sauropods (the type of dinosaur that Brontosaurus is) are sauropsid reptiles. Even though they are both amniotes ( tetrapod vertebrates comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals that lay their eggs on land), there are not many relationships drawn between the two. read more