Elmer S. Riggs Riggs' assistant, H. William Menke, found the first known skeleton of the giant sauropod dinosaur "Brachiosaurus altithorax" from near Grand Junction, Colorado. At the end of the 1900 field season Riggs' found a specimen of "Apatosaurus" near Fruita, a few miles from the Brachiosaurus site. This specimen was excavated during the 1901 field season, and was put on display in 1908 at the Field Museum. From these specimens he named "Brachiosaurus" and Brachiosauridae, and presented evidence that "Apatosaurus" and "Brontosaurus" were the same genus of dinosaur. He also proposed that sauropods were terrestrial animals, based on their limb structure, but
Eating the Dinosaur Eating the Dinosaur Eating the Dinosaur is the sixth book written by Chuck Klosterman, first published by Scribner in 2009. In the mold of Klosterman's earlier "", the book is a collection of previously unpublished essays concerning an array of pop culture topics. The book cover was designed by Paul Sahre. "Eating the Dinosaur" consists of 13 essays: "Eating the Dinosaur" was positively received by critics. The Wall Street Journal discussed Klosterman's "pixelated intelligence and vivid prose," concluding, "Mr. Klosterman's relentlessly thoughtful prose makes a case that our arts and entertainment are more suffused with meaning than ever before. Even