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Brachiosaurus
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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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- Pronounced
- BRAK-ee-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- arm lizard
- Length
- 30m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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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