Apatosaurus
The Apatosaurus (known as the Apatosaur in Wild World) is a three-part fossil in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori that appears in all subsequent games except Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
At the museum
In Animal Crossing
When the player donates to Blathers in Animal Crossing, he will provide the following information about the Apatosaurus:
"At long last... Apatosaurus is complete! Tremendous! Striking! Massive in every sense of the word! Hoo, I say, hootie hoo! What a truly glorious find! My cup runneth over! Now let me see, here... Where shall I begin? Apatosaurus... Hmmm... It lived in the late Jurassic period, and was a member of the diplodocid family of long-necked sauropods. You may be more familiar with the name brontosaurus, though that is a separate species of the same genus. It grew to some 70 feet in length. It had a small head, a long, thick neck, and an amazing whip-like tail, wot! Cra-ack! Whup-pshh! Oh, dear! Awfully sorry! I was envisioning myself with a massive tail! Hoo hoo!"
In Wild World
In City Folk
In New Leaf
As an item
In Animal Crossing
Apato Skull | |
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Sell price | 5,000 Bells |
Size |
Apato Torso | |
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Sell price | 4,500 Bells |
Size |
Apato Tail | |
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Sell price | 4,000 Bells |
Size |
In Wild World
Apato Skull | |
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Sell price | 5,000 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
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HRA genre | Old-school |
Size |
Apato Torso | |
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Sell price | 4,500 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
HRA genre | Old-school |
Size |
Apato Tail | |
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Sell price | 4,000 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
HRA genre | Old-school |
Size |
In City Folk
Apato Skull | |
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Sell price | 5,000 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
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HRA genre | Retro |
Size |
Apato Torso | |
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Sell price | 4,500 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
HRA genre | Retro |
Size |
Apato Tail | |
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Sell price | 4,000 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
HRA genre | Retro |
Size |
In New Leaf
Apato Skull | |
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Sell price | 5,000 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
Style | Historical |
HHA theme challenge | Quirky |
Size |
Apato Torso | |
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Sell price | 4,500 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
Style | Historical |
HHA theme challenge | Quirky |
Size |
Apato Tail | |
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Sell price | 4,000 Bells |
Colors | Brown
Brown
|
Style | Historical |
HHA theme challenge | Quirky |
Size |
Trivia
- In all games this fossil appears in, Blathers references that Brontosaurus excelsus, first described in 1879, was reclassified in 1903 as an Apatosaurus due to its similarities with earlier specimens. However, in 2015, new studies seemed to find enough differences between the two and suggested Brontosaurus be reconsidered a valid genus.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
Real-world information
Apatosaurus was a herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. It reached over 20 meters long and weighed around 20 tons, although some specimens have been estimated to be even larger. Despite its size, its diet appears to have consisted primarily of ground-level plants.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
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