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Sign in to saveBrachiosaurus () 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
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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- Parent taxon
- Brachiosauridae
- Mass
- 58
- Image
- 202009 Brachiosaurus altithorax.svg
- Length
- 30.0
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- Algeria
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- Brachiosaurus
- Commons category
- Brachiosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
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- start time
- 154000000-
- end time
- 150000000-
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- time period
- Late Jurassic
- main food source
- herbivore
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