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Giraffatitan (name
meaning "titanic giraffe") is a
genus of
sauropod dinosaur that
lived during the late Jur****ic
Period (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian stages)...
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Brachiosaurus are in fact
based on
Giraffatitan, a
genus of
brachiosaurid dinosaur from the
Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
Giraffatitan was
originally described...
- as a scaled-up
Giraffatitan. By comparison,
Giraffatitan might have
weighed 36–40 t (40–44
short tons). This
estimate of the
Giraffatitan is an average...
- of the
pelvis are unsplit.
Comparisons with
Brachiosaurus (now
named Giraffatitan) were also mentioned, and it was
identified that
Europasaurus has a shorter...
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known Dicraeosaurus, a
large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from
Africa Giraffatitan,
another large sauropod from
Africa (formerly
recognized as a species...
- of
petrified wood
Aardonyx "Abdallahsaurus" –
nomen nudum;
synonym of
Giraffatitan Abdarainurus Abditosaurus Abelisaurus Abrictosaurus Abrosaurus Abydosaurus...
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posteriorly twisted crowns,
which are
characteristic of the
brachiosaurids Giraffatitan and Abydosaurus. In addition, a
brachiosaurid named Padillasaurus leivaensis...
- guesswork. The
tallest and
heaviest dinosaur known from good
skeletons is
Giraffatitan brancai (previously
classified as a
species of Brachiosaurus). Its remains...
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famous for two exhibits: the
largest mounted dinosaur in the
world (a
Giraffatitan skeleton), and a well-preserved
specimen of the
earliest known bird,...
- counterparts, e.g.,
Brachiosaurus and
Stegosaurus in the Morrison, and
Giraffatitan and
Kentrosaurus in the Tendaguru. The
Tendaguru Formation represents...
