Did the Brontosaurus really exist?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
Brontosaurus - A New Name for a New Museum Collection
Scientists realized a patusaurus and Brontosaurus skeletons were too similar to have different names. But museums thought that Marsh's original name sounded so much cooler, so they sided with team Brontosaurus. In the Flintstones, for example, Fred Flintstone used Bronto cranes and eight Bronto burgers. The US Postal Service even put the Brontosaurus on a stamp.
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