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Brachiosaurus was the first discovered dinosaur that had arms that were longer than its legs. This feature is only found among Brachiosaurus and its relatives.

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What is a brachiosaurus?

a arm lizard


Which dinosaur is the arm reptile?

Brachiosaurus means "arm lizard." This is because, unlike most dinosaurs, Brachiosaurus had longer forelimbs than hind limbs.


Is a brachiosaurus lizard-hipped or bird-hipped?

is brachiosaurs in the lizard hipprd or the bird hipped


Why was it called that Brachiosaurus?

During the bone wars of the mid to late 1800s, paleontologists Cope and Marsh were competing to discover and name the most dinosaurs. As a result, Marsh discovered the already established Apatosaurus next to a new species Camarasaurus skull and named it the Brontosaurus or "Thunder Lizard". The scientific classification laws state that once a species is named in a published journal, that first name is the official name for the species. Therefore the Brontosaurus has been wiped out of the history books and it is once again the Apatosaurus.


What does the word Brachiosaurus mean?

Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard" in ancient Greek. Othniel Charles Marsh named it Brontosaurus because of its impressive size. However, Brontosaurus is actually an invalid name for Apatosaurus excelsius.


What dinosaur means arm reptile?

Brachiosaurus translates as "arm reptile"


What dinosaur's name means arm reptile?

Brachiosaurus translates as "arm reptile"


What did Brachiosaurus mean in Greek?

Brachiosaurus (arm lizard) Brachio, meaning arm in Greek, and saurus or saur meaning lizard in Greek. To help further dinosaur questions om adding more. Velociraptor (speed theif) Velocity or veloci meaning speed or fast in Greek and raptor meaning thief. Tyrannosaurus rex (tyrant lizard king) Tyrann meaning tyrant in Greek, saurus meaning lizard and rex which in Latin means king. Pterodactyl (winged finger) Ptero meaning wing in gr eek and dactyl meaning finger. Brontosaur (thunder lizard) Bronto meaning thunder in Greek and saur meaning lizard. Dinosaur (terrible lizard) Dieno or dino meaning terrible in Greek and saur meaning lizard. That should be good if it helped post a comment :)


Which dinosaur's name means arm reptile?

brachiosaurs


Who out of the wanted has a tattoo of a lizard on his arm?

Jay :) x its of his pet lizard Neytiri x


Are Apotasaurus and Brachiosaurus the same?

No. Apatosaurus was called Brontosaurus.


What is a baby lizard called?

A baby lizard is called a Lizling