Dinosaur 6 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back

Brachiosaurus facts for kids

Say it: BRAK-ee-oh-SORE-us. The name means “arm lizard”. Its front legs were longer than its back legs.

  • Late Jurassic
  • Plant-eater
  • About 22 m (72 ft)
The Brachiosaurus from Dinosaurs Are Back, cut out from the book's painting

In the book

In Dinosaurs Are Back, the Brachiosaurus climbs off the page and into your room.

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From the last page of the book

Did you know?

Even though Brachiosaurus had only 50 teeth or less, it could eat 100 to 400 kilograms (220 to 881 pounds) of plants every day! Its long neck helped it reach the highest leaves on trees, where the best food was.

Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Brachiosaurus one, and the film next to it reads it aloud.

A paper cut-out film of the book's pictures. Sound on.

Quick facts

Name means
“arm lizard”
When
Late Jurassic, 152 to 145 million years ago
Fossils found
USA
Size
About 22 meters (72 feet) long and about 46,900 kilograms (103,000 pounds)
Food
Plants

Source: Natural History Museum, London, Dino Directory, unless another source is named.

More wow facts

The Brachiosaurus, the painting from pages 28 and 29 of Dinosaurs Are Back
Pages 28 and 29 of Dinosaurs Are Back, without the words.

In the story

Spike meets the Brachiosaurus

I had to cross the lake, and I can't swim. Idea alert! She gave me a warm smile and showed me a secret path, where lots of Brachiosauruses were drinking.

I hopped from one back to the next, about twenty of them, all the way to the other side!

Spike, the young Triceratops who tells the story

Spike's baby brother, still an egg, has gone missing, and Spike sets off to find him. About the book

Questions kids ask

About the Brachiosaurus

How much did Brachiosaurus eat?
100 to 400 kilograms (220 to 881 pounds) of plants every day!
Why did Brachiosaurus have a long neck?
To reach the highest leaves on trees, where the best food was.
How many teeth did Brachiosaurus have?
Only 50 or less.

Riddle · who am I?

A riddle about the Brachiosaurus

I eat from the treetops, I munch and I munch,a hundred kilos of plants just for lunch!
Need another clue?
My neck is so long, like a crane at the port,and my front legs are long, but my back legs are short!
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The Brachiosaurus, a paper cut-out

Brachiosaurus!

The clue explained: Its name means "arm lizard", because its front legs were longer than its back legs. From Dinosaurs Are Back: it ate 100 to 400 kilograms of plants every day. (Natural History Museum, London)

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Cover of Dinosaurs Are Back, an interactive 3D dinosaur book in augmented reality

The book · ages 6 to 10

Dinosaurs Are Back

Spike's whole adventure, with the Brachiosaurus and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.

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