Gymnotide
8377 | Scorpaeniform
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The "Brontosaurus" specimen we once had was an amalgamation of different dinosaur bones, including the apatosaurus and the camarasaurus. As a result, a different bone structure not observed anywhere else was created. The mix-up was caused because we did not have enough knowledge of dinosaurs at the time and mistakenly attached the bones together for display. In addition, since most dinosaurs are now known to just be different life stages of already existing dinosaurs (including the apatosaurus-brontosaurus species), the total species count of all dinosaurs is much less than we have now (since many new species are just old species, but mislabeled).