Brachiosaurus altithorax

Name: “arm lizard”
Length: 26 m
Height: 8 m
Weight: 15-75 tons
Diet: herbivore
Time: Jurassic (160-140 MYA)
Location: North America

Brachiosaurus was a large plant eater. This herbivore fed on conifers, ginkgos and cycads. It was believed to have been between 80 and 85 feet long and weighed between 33 and 88 tons! Brachiosaurus was 23 feet tall, at the hips and stood between 40 and 50 feet tall at the head. The dinosaur lived during the late Jurassic period, about 156 million years ago. The fossilized remains of the Brachiosaurus have been discovered in Colorado, USA, Tanzania and Portugal.