Brachiosaurus: Embark on a journey to

Embark on a journey to explore the awe-inspiring world of Brachiosaurus , a massive dinosaur that dominated the Late Jurassic period. Discover its unique features, fossil finds, anatomy, diet, historical context, pop culture impact, recent research, height conundrum, and the debate about its endothermy. Brachiosaurus by damir-g-martin on DeviantArt Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon (now Colorado River) of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax, declaring it “the largest known dinosaur”. Brachiosaurushad a disproportionately long neck, small skull, and large overall size, all of ... Brachiosaurus is an extinct genus of huge, sauropod dinosaurs that lived during the late Jurassic period. Sauropods comprise a suborder or infraorder of the saurischian ("lizard-hipped") dinosaurs, and in general were large, herbivorous dinosaurs. Brachiosaurus , which means "arm lizard," (from the Greek brachion /βραχιων meaning "arm" and sauros /σαυρος meaning "lizard") was so-named because the forelimbs were longer than the hind limbs. Brachiosaurus has become one of the most ...