Apatosaurus which Marsh had described "Brontosaurus". Most of the skeleton was found, and after comparison with both "Brontosaurus" and "Apatosaurus ajax", Riggs realized that the holotype of "A.ajax" was immature, and thus the features distinguishing the genera were not valid. Since "Apatosaurus" was the earlier name, "Brontosaurus" should be considered a junior synonym of "Apatosaurus". Because of this, Riggs recombined "Brontosaurus excelsus" as "Apatosaurus excelsus". Based on comparisons with other species proposed to belong to "Apatosaurus", Riggs also determined that the Field Columbian Museum specimen was likely most similar to "A.excelsus". Despite Riggs' publication, Henry Fairfield Osborn, who was a strong
Giant weta the world and heavier than a sparrow. This is, however, abnormal, as this individual was unmated and retained an abnormal number of eggs. The largest species of giant weta is the Little Barrier Island giant weta, also known as the wetapunga. One example reported in 2011 weighed 71 g. Giant weta tend to be less social and more passive than other weta. Their genus name, "Deinacrida", means "terrible grasshopper", from the Greek word δεινός ("deinos", meaning "terrible", "potent", or "fearfully great"), in the same way "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard". They are found primarily on New Zealand offshore islands, having been