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Brachiosaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 154–153 Ma
Moontit skeleton cast o Brachiosaurus at Field Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Titanosauriformes
Faimily: Brachiosauridae
Genus: Brachiosaurus
Riggs, 1903
Teep species
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Riggs, 1903

Brachiosaurus is a genus o sauropod dinosaur frae the Jurassic Morrison Formation o North Americae. It wis first descrived bi Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 frae fossils foond in the Grand River Canyon (nou Colorado River) o wastren Colorado, in the Unitit States[1][2] an is ane o the maist lairge dinosaurs discoverit.[3]

References

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  1. D'Emic, Michael D.; Carrano, Matthew T. (2020). "Redescription of Brachiosaurid Sauropod Dinosaur Material From the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA". The Anatomical Record (in Inglis). 303 (4): 732–758. doi:10.1002/ar.24198. ISSN 1932-8494.
  2. D'Emic, Michael D.; Carrano, Matthew T. (2020). "Redescription of Brachiosaurid Sauropod Dinosaur Material From the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA". The Anatomical Record (in Inglis). 303 (4): 732–758. doi:10.1002/ar.24198. ISSN 1932-8494.
  3. Riggs, E. S. (1 Apryle 1903). "Brachiosaurus altithorax, the largest known dinosaur". doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-15.88.299. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)