EasyBrachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax
BRAK-ee-oh-SORE-us· “arm lizard”
🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Brachiosauridae
22 m
Length
13 m
Height
40 t
Weight
A giraffe-like giant whose front legs were longer than its back legs, tilting its long neck up to browse treetops other dinosaurs couldn't reach — up to 9 metres above the ground.
When
Late Jurassic, ~154–150 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Elmer S. Riggs, 1900
Did you know?
- It's named 'arm lizard' because of those long front legs.
- It swallowed leaves whole — no chewing — and let its stomach do the work.
- It was the first dinosaur shown in the movie Jurassic Park.
Artwork: DataBase Center for Life Science (DBCLS), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.