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# Brachiosaurus

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? Brachiosaurus Conservation status: Fossil Fossil range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) brancai
Scientific classification

Kingdom: | Animalia
Phylum: | Chordata
Class: | Sauropsida
Superorder: | Dinosauria
Order: | Saurischia
Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: | Sauropoda
Family: | Brachiosauridae
Genus: | Brachiosaurus Riggs, 1903

Brachiosaurus (meaning "Arm lizard") was a herbivorous dinosaur genus that lived in the Late Jurassic period. The name comes from the fact, that the Brachiosaurus's arms were longer than the legs. Most other Dinosaurs had legs were longer than the arms. It was about 25 m (82 feet) long and 13 meters (42 feet) tall and one of the biggest dinosaurs that we know.

A brachiosaur drawing

Brachiosaurus is member of the sauropod group. It fossils were found in North America and Africa. At full stretch, Brachiosaurus could reach heights of up to 16 meters (52 feet). So far, the Brachiosaurus skeleton in the Humboldt Museum in Berlin, Germany (also called Giraffititan) is both the tallest and largest complete sauropod skeleton. This means that it is also the tallest and largest complete dinosaur skeleton.

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Category: Saurischia

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