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Giraffatitan
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Considered to be distinct from Brachiosaurus by some scientists, Giraffatitan is known from the fossils of several individuals.
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- Pronounced
- ji-raf-a-tie-tan
- Meaning of name
- giraffe titan
- Length
- 23m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Late Jurassic
(154 - 142 million years ago) - Found in
- Tanzania
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Brachiosauridae, Giraffatitan
- Named by
- Janensch (1914)
- Type species
- brancai