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Dinosaur: Apatosaurus louisae
| Length*: | 22.5 m | 73.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 20 t | 44,092 lb |
| Speed: | 17 km/h | 11 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Holland
Year: 1915
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Utah, Colorado
Formation: Morrison
Locations
Sources
Material: At least four specimens (one almost complete skeleton).
References: Tschopp, E., Mateus, O. & Benson, R.B.J. (2015) "A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)".
