Brachiosaurus
"arm lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Brachiosaurus Riggs, 1903
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Macronaria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 22 m to ?30 m MASS: 30 tonnes to ?80 tonnes

see also: World Records


TIME

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

At one time the largest known land animal of all time, Brachiosaurus has since been superceded in height by Sauroposeidon and in mass by South American titanosaurs such as Argentinosaurus.


IMAGES

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ANATOLIY BELOUSOV

Digital (Three-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] Two Brachiosaurus survey a desolate wasteland. (There were no tyrannosaurids in the time of Brachiosaurus.)

DEMETRIOS M. VITAL

Pencil

[THUMBNAIL] sauropod's-eye-view of Brachiosaurus altithorax in a conifer forest

SHIRAISHI MINEO

Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] huge, tall Brachiosaurus

MICHAEL CARROLL

Paint

[THUMBNAIL] Dinosaur Fashion: various horned and frilled dinosaurs; from left to right: Pachyrhinosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Styracosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Corythosaurus, and Stegoceras

see also: Art Gallery


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