Brachiosaurus

Information

Brachiosaurus held its head very high. It is likely to have eaten the leaves on tall tree-like plants.

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Fact file

• Pronounced: BRAK-ee-oh-sore-us
• Meaning of name: arm lizard
• Length: 30m
• Diet: herbivorous
• When it lived: Late Jurassic (155 – 140 million years ago)
• Found in: Tanzania, USA, Portugal, Algeria

Taxonomic details

• Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Brachiosauridae, Brachiosaurus
• Named by: Riggs (1903)
• Type species: altithorax