Brachiosaurus Scientific Name: Brachiosaurus Altithorax Dimensions: 26m long and 12-16m tall Lived:

BrachiosaurusScientific Name: Brachiosaurus AltithoraxDimensions: 26m long and 12-16m tallLived: 155-150 mya, in the late JurassicGeographical Range: Tanzania, Algeria and North AmericaLiked: High tree branchesDisliked: Theropods, Sitting down and crossword puzzles?Taxonomy:Animalia>Cordata>Dinosauria>Sauropodomorpha>Titanosaurimorfes>Brachiosauridae>Brachiosaurus>B. altithoraxThere are two kinds of people in this world, the ones that saw Jurassic Park in the movies when it came out or the ones that saw it on Netflix. For both, the first epic scene of the movie, and maybe the most epic of all, was the sighting of a Brachiosaurus by Alan Grant. I can’t deny that I get goosebumps every time I see that scene again, even when the movie came out astonishingly 26 years ago! Brachiosaurus means “arm lizard”, because of its unusually long front limbs. The first specimen was discovered in 1900 in Colorado, and named in 1903. Other specimens have been discovered in Africa, with better and more complete skeletons. It wasn’t until recently, though, that scientists re-evaluated the African and North American fossils and found that there were more differences than expected, changing the perception about these two, and separating the African fossils to a new genus.Brachiosaurus was an unusual Sauropod. Aside from being the biggest dinosaur at the time of its discovery, this dinosaur had longer front limbs than back limbs, a shorter than usual tail for a sauropod, and an oval shaped protuberance on its head containing both nasal orifices. Even for some time in the past, scientist believed that because of its nasal placement, and its enormous dimensions and heavy weight, this dinosaur might have spent a lot of time in lakes, partially or completely underwater, to help sustain its weight. Later studies suggested this wasn’t the case, since the limbs were strong enough to maintain the weight of the beast. Judging from these studies, that scene comes back to my mind from Jurassic Park, when two Brachiosaurus are seen on the background coming out of a lake. Error number 2. Wait? Where was error number 1? Oh yeah, Brachiosaurus standing on its back legs and tail to reach for a high conifer or cycad? Not possible according to science. I, like many of you I imagine, wished that would be true though.-BLEB-Photo Credit: Universal Studios/Jurassic ParkResources:http://bit.ly/1DPSecc[__](https://www.facebook.com/TheEarthStory/photos/a.352867368107647/870439126350466/?type=1&theater#) -- source link

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