- are a
family or
clade of herbivorous,
quadrupedal sauropod dinosaurs.
Brachiosaurids had long
necks that
enabled them to
access the
leaves of tall trees...
-
depictions of
Brachiosaurus are in fact
based on Giraffatitan, a
genus of
brachiosaurid dinosaur from the
Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
Giraffatitan was...
-
Sonorasaurus is a
genus of
brachiosaurid dinosaur from the
Early to Late
Cretaceous (Albian to
Cenomanian stages,
around 112 to 93 million
years ago)...
-
Lusotitan is a
genus of
herbivorous brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jur****ic of
Portugal and
possibly Spain. In 1947
Manuel de Matos, a...
- so
these estimates may be inaccurate.
While initially described as a
brachiosaurid closely related to
Brachiosaurus and Giraffatitan, the
discovery of...
- ago),
sauropods had
become widespread (especially the
diplodocids and
brachiosaurids). By the Late Cretaceous, one
group of sauropods, the titanosaurs, had...
- of this time saw the
spread of ankylosaurians, iguanodontians, and
brachiosaurids through Europe,
North America, and
northern Africa.
These were later...
- skeleton.
Initially described as a
brachiosaurid, it was
considered to be the
first South American brachiosaurid ever
discovered and named.
Before its...
-
Abydosaurus (meaning "Abydos lizard") is a
genus of
brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur known from
skull and
postcranial material found in
upper Lower Cretaceous...
-
potential brachiosaurid varies from
study to study. For example, a 2010
study by
Chure and
colleagues recognized Abydosaurus as a
brachiosaurid together...
