New name for Brontosaurus?

[patterson at frodo.mgh.harvard.edu]

In article <1994Oct18.233421.1 at altair.selu.edu>, pcs$2091 at altair.selu.edu wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what a "brontosaurus " was recently renamed to?
> 
The "new" name is apatosaurus.  Actually, that name has been around for a
very long time.  Steven Jay Gould discusses the name change in one of
his columns in Natural History.  I don't remember when, but it seems like it
was about 2 years ago.

-- 
Garth I. Patterson
Dept. Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital