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Brachiosaurus Facts
Brachiosaurus was a giant long-necked plant-eater that held its neck up high like a giraffe, with front legs longer than its back legs.
- Brachiosaurus (meaning 'arm lizard') was a herbivore that lived during the Late Jurassic in what is now North America — had front legs longer than its hind legs.
- Giraffatitan (meaning 'giraffe titan') was a herbivore that lived during the Late Jurassic in what is now Tanzania — an African giant once grouped with Brachiosaurus.
- Brachiosaurus could peek over the top of a four-storey building.
- A Brachiosaurus weighed about as much as a herd of elephants.
- Brachiosaurus means 'arm lizard'.
- Brachiosaurus held its neck up high like a giraffe.
- Brachiosaurus had front legs longer than its back legs.
- The Morrison Formation of the western United States is famous for Late Jurassic sauropods such as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus.
- Brachiosaurus held its nostrils high on its skull, though their exact soft-tissue position is debated.
- Brachiosaurus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- The name Brachiosaurus means 'arm lizard'.
- Fossils of Brachiosaurus have been found in North America.
- Brachiosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic in what is now North America.
- Brachiosaurus had longer forelimbs than hindlimbs, raising its shoulders and neck.