Brachiozaur

Brachiosaurus () is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 155.6 to 145.5 million years ago. It was first described by American paleontologist Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Colorado River valley in western Colorado, United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax; the generic name is Greek for "arm lizard", in reference to its proportionately long arms, and the specific name means "deep chest". Brachiosaurus is estimated to have been between long; body mass estimates of the subadult holotype specimen range fr

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Brachiosaurus was a giant sauropod dinosaur that roamed North America during the Late Jurassic period, roughly 155 to 145 million years ago, and is notable as one of the earliest dinosaurs formally described by paleontologists when American scientist Elmer S. Riggs first identified it in 1903 from Colorado fossils. The dinosaur's name refers to its distinctively long arms relative to its body size, and it ranks among the largest known land animals from the fossil record.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Brachiozaur is referenced by 627 other articles, and connects out to vertebra, Sauropoda and Sauropodomorpha.

It sits within the topics Brachiosauridae, Dinosaur genera and Dinosaurs of the United States.

Its subject is documented across 72 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Parent taxon: Brachiosauridae
Mass: 58
Image: 202009 Brachiosaurus altithorax.svg
Length: 30.0

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location of discovery: Algeria
taxon name: Brachiosaurus
Commons category: Brachiosaurus
taxon rank: genus
Commons gallery: Brachiosaurus
start time: 154000000-
end time: 150000000-
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject United States
time period: Late Jurassic
main food source: herbivore

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Article · Polski

Brachiozaur (Brachiosaurus) – rodzaj zauropoda z rodziny brachiozaurów (Brachiosauridae), o „żyrafiej” szyi i sylwetce. Jeden z największych i najbardziej znanych roślinożernych dinozaurów.

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