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December 10, 2012

Forget Extinct: The Brontosaurus Never Even Existed

NPR, NPR


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It may have something to do with all those Brontosaurus burgers everyone's favorite modern stone-age family ate, but when you think of a giant dinosaur with a tiny head and long, swooping tail, the Brontosaurus is probably what you're seeing in your mind.

Well hold on: Scientifically speaking, there's no such thing as a Brontosaurus.

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TAGGED: fossils, dinosaurs, brontosaurus

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