Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus (brach·i·o·saur·us) is a large genus of small skull (about the size of a common horse skull), long muscular tail, and thin columnar limbs. As with other Brachiosauridae, it was over 40 feet tall. It was a herbivore. genus Brachiosaurus, and Chicago. In 1899 Riggs had sent inquiries to rural locations in the western United States concerning fossil finds, and Bradbury, an amateur collector himself, reported that dinosaur bones had been collected in the area since 1885. It was Riggs' field assistant H. W. Menke who found the skeleton on July 4, 1900. Additional Brachiosaurus fossils are reported on Riggs Hill, but other fossil finds on the hill have been vandalized. Riggs published a short report in 1901, noting the unusual length of the humerus compared to the femur and the extreme overall size and the resulting giraffe-like proportions, as well as the lesser development of the tail, but did not publish a name for the new dinosaur. 
File:Brachiosaurus p1.jpg|Brachiosaurus Body
File:Brachiosaurus p2.jpg|Brachiosaurus Neck
File:Brachiosaurus p3.jpg|Brachiosaurus Head
File:Brachiosaurus p4.jpg|Brachiosaurus Feet
Category:Dinosaurs
Category:Extinct Animals
Category:Jurassic Animals
Category:Sauropods
Category:American Animals