Brontosaurus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -saurus. === Proper noun === Brontosaurus m A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae – certain large long-necked sauropods; formerly merged into Apatosaurus. ==== Usage notes ==== First named in 1879. The original species B. excelsus was reclassified as Apatosaurus excelsus in 1903, and the genus was thence regarded as a junior synonym of Apatosaurus. A study published in 2015 reinstated Brontosaurus as a separate genus (including also B. yahnahpin and B. parvus), although not all palaeontologists agree with the new grouping. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order; Eusaurischia – taxon; Sauropodomorpha – suborder; Sauropoda – infraorder; Eusauropoda – taxon; Neosauropoda – taxon; Diplodocoidea – superfamily; Diplodocidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): †Brontosaurus excelsus (type species) †Brontosaurus yahnahpin, †Brontosaurus parvus (other species) === Further reading === Brontosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brontosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Brontosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons