RE: Statuesque dinosaur fossil discovered
May 12, 2017 at 8:08 pm
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2017 at 8:17 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
It's used for many different types of long necked dinosaurs in the movie.
But primarily it's used for Apatosaurus (which was previously known as Brontosaurus)... that's the species of 'long neck' that Little Foot and his mom were supposed to be.
ETA: I keep forgetting that relatively recently (in 2015) Brontosaurus was reclassified as related, but distinct from Apatosaurus, species in its own right... apparently not all scientists agree with the re-classification however.
I'm not sure if they're modelled on the original defunct Brontosaurus or Apatosaurus. It's one or the other. In cartoon form they probably look the same anyways.
But primarily it's used for Apatosaurus (which was previously known as Brontosaurus)... that's the species of 'long neck' that Little Foot and his mom were supposed to be.
ETA: I keep forgetting that relatively recently (in 2015) Brontosaurus was reclassified as related, but distinct from Apatosaurus, species in its own right... apparently not all scientists agree with the re-classification however.
I'm not sure if they're modelled on the original defunct Brontosaurus or Apatosaurus. It's one or the other. In cartoon form they probably look the same anyways.
