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a large, herbivorous, or plant-eating, dinosaur that inhabited North America during the late Jurassic period, approximately 144 to 163 million years ago. Apatosaurus is classified as a member of the family Diplodocidae, which contains dinosaurs with exceptionally long necks and tails. The Diplodocidae belong to the order Saurischia (the lizard-hipped dinosaurs), which contains two suborders: the carnivorous, bipedal theropods, and the herbivorous, quadrupedal sauropods, including Apatosaurus.

Apatosaurus grew to about 70 feet (21 meters) in…

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