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Brachiosauridae

Lusotitan

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lusotitan 21 m (69 ft) long
as long as 12 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Lusotitan
Length
21 m (69 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (152 Mya)
Place
Portugal
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Brachiosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Giraffe-postured sauropods with long front legs.

Lusotitan is a genus of herbivorous brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Portugal.

What we know

  • Named by (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957 [originally Brachiosaurus]).
  • Body length estimated at about 21 m.
  • Fossils found in Portugal.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Lusotitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.