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
Jurassic Park: The Ride Jurassic Park: The Ride Jurassic Park: The Ride is a water-based amusement ride based on the Steven Spielberg film "Jurassic Park" and Michael Crichton's novel of the same name which the film is based on located at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida and Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan. It was formerly located at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The ride was researched and built as the film was still in its production phase and opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 21, 1996. Duplicates of the ride have since been built at Universal's Islands