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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