Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- BRAK-ee-oh-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'arm lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:
- 30.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 155-140 million years ago
- Found in:
- Algeria, Portugal, Tanzania, USA
Brachiosaurus held its head very high. It is likely to have eaten the leaves on tall tree-like plants.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Brachiosauridae
- Named by:
- Riggs (1903)
- Type species:
- altithorax
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