Giraffatitan is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period in what is now Lindi Region, Tanzania. Only one species is known, G. brancai, named in honor of German paleontol
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A hindlimb during excavation in the Tendaguru in Lindi Region
Porters carrying a large bone at the Tendaguru
Foreman Boheti bin Amrani preparing a large rib
Sauropoda, whose members are called sauropods, is a clade of saurischian dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads, and four thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the e
Giraffatitan
…Giraffatitan (name meaning "titanic giraffe") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian stages) in what is now Lindi Region, Tanzania. Only one species is known…
Reconstruction of Ampelosaurus
Stylized cervical vertebra of a sauropod illustrating terminology
Some sauropods, such as Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, formed herds segregated by age.
Cast of Toni, a juvenile Brachiosaurus (restored as a diplodocid)