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Size: 22.5 meters ( 67 feet) long
Brachiosaurus, meaning arm reptile, is named after its very long front legs. Brachiosaurus appears to have been a gigantic giraffe-like animal, browsing the tops of trees. It is estimated to have a mass of up to 77 tonnes - as much as 12 bull elephants. The shape of its deep, narrow chest and its legs suggest an animal that lived on land.
The specimen of Brachiosaurus displayed at the Museum for Natural Science at the Humboldt University in Berlin is the tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world. The skeleton was discovered in 1912 at Tendaguru in Tanzania. Some incomplete remains of Brachiosaurus have also been found in the United States.
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