Longer arms
Its forelimbs were longer than its hind limbs, producing a high-shouldered silhouette unlike many other sauropods.
A REAL DINOSAUR. A SUSPICIOUSLY FAMILIAR PERSONALITY.
BRACHIOSAURUS.
Above the drama.
You see the bigger picture. Sometimes because you have emotionally left the conversation. Your presence is calming, your perspective enormous, your response time negotiable.
SIGNATURE MOVEWatching the chaos from a more reasonable altitude.
SPECIMEN 05 / LATE JURASSIC
BRACHIOSAURUS ALTITHORAX · HERBIVORE
BRACHIOSAURUS ALTITHORAX · HERBIVORENobu Tamura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Meet the actual dinosaur THE ACTUAL SCIENCE STARTS HERE
Meet the real Brachiosaurus.
The jokes are ours.
The animal was very real.
- WHEN
- 154–150 million years ago
- ON THE MENU
- Herbivore
- LENGTH
- About 18–22 m
- BODY MASS
- Roughly 30–50 tonnes
High browsing
Its long neck and body proportions made elevated vegetation accessible.
A North American original
The type specimen was discovered in Colorado in 1900 and named by Elmer Riggs in 1903.
A famous identity mix-up
The celebrated African skeleton once called Brachiosaurus brancai is now usually placed in the genus Giraffatitan.
Air-filled architecture
Hollow spaces in vertebrae are part of a sauropod body plan associated with air sacs and reduced skeletal weight.
Built for land
Modern interpretations place these animals on land, replacing older depictions of giants needing water to support their bodies.
A little room for discovery.
Brachiosaurus is incompletely known, so estimates of proportions and mass vary with the reconstruction.
Read more: Brachiosaurus on Wikipedia · Research and references. Facts are summarized in our own words. Size and date ranges are approximate; estimates vary by specimen and study. Gallery images may include other species within the genus.
A closer look.
Fossils, museum displays, and published reconstructions. Artwork shows an interpretation; it is not a photograph of a living dinosaur.
Is this your prehistoric alter ego?
Eight questions and an optional face scan will settle this. Very unofficially.