Dinosaur: Brachiosaurus fraasi
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Length*: | 17.5 m | 57.4 ft |
Weight*: | 17 tons | 37,479 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Details
Status: S > Giraffatitan brancai
Autor: Janensch
Year: 1914
Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Formation: Tendaguru
Other
Material: Right scapula, right humerus.
References: Taylor, M.P. (2009) "A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)".
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