Brachiosaurus  

 Anatomy:                                                                          

• tall and large

• long neck

• small head

• short and thick tail

• longer front legs

• Giraffe-like stance

• a claw on the first toe of each front foot

• claws on the first three toes of each back foot

• Chisel-like teeth

• On-the-top-of-head nostrils

• good sense of smell

 Size:                                                                                    

	size
Length		80 feet (25m)
Height		40 feet (12m)
weight		60 tons

 Meaning and pronunciation:                                        

	Brachiosaurus
Meaning		Arm lizard Arm reptile
pronounced		Bra-key-o-Saw-rus

 Diet:                                                                                  

	DIET
CARNIVORE
HERBIVORE		***
fruit ferns, Leaves, Conifers

 Intelligence:                                                                    

intelligence
Very high
High
Mid
low
Very low	***

 BEHAVIOR                                                                      

Traveling	In herds
Offspring	Hatchling
Lifespan	In order of 100 years
Defense	Giant Size long Tail leathery Skin long and Sharp Teeth Clawed Feet

 Locomotion:                                                                     

	Biped	Quadruped
Running
Walking		***

 Period of life:                                                                      

ERA	PERIOD	EPOCH	MILLIONS YEARS  AGO
Mesozoic	Jurassic	MIDDLE TO LATE	156-145

 Discovery of fossil:                                                          

Its fossils have been found in the Grand River Valley, western Colorado, USA.

 Classification:                                                                   

	classification
FAMILY		Brachiosauridae
INFRAORDER		sauropoda
SUBORDER		sauropodomorpha
ORDER		saurischia