Apatosaurus

See also: apatosaurus

Translingual

From Ancient Greek ἀπάτη (apátē, “trick, deception”) + -saurus, due to initial confusion over the analysis of the vertebral elements.

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(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