brachiosauridadj.n.
/ˌbrakɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrɪd/, U.S. /ˌbrækioʊˈsɔrəd/ Palaeontology.
A. adj.
Designating tall sauropod dinosaurs of the family Brachiosauridae, of the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous, which were massive quadrupedal herbivores with long forelimbs and necks and short hindlimbs and tails; of or relating to this family.
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1928 Trans. Royal Soc. S. Afr. 16 74 The humerus is definitely of the Brachiosaurid type.
1970 Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. No. 35. 79 The present vertebrae differ from both brachiosaurid and titanosaurid vertebrae.
1990 J. S. McIntosh in K. Carpenter & P. J. Currie Dinosaur Systematics (1992) iv. 55 This animal would appear to possess the characters expected of a brachiosaurid ancestor.
2009 F. E. Novas Age Dinosaurs in S. Amer. 198 The humerus-to-femur proportions of Chubutisaurus..used to support the brachiosaurid affiliation of this taxon must be dismissed.
B. n.
A brachiosaurid dinosaur.
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Mamenchisaurus1954
brachiosaurid1970
1970 Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. No. 35. 80 The dorsal vertebrae are consistent with both titanosaurids and brachiosaurids.
1985 D. Norman Illustr. Encycl. Dinosaurs 88/3 This trend towards greater length of the forelimbs in some sauropods is taken to the extreme in the brachiosaurids.
2009 M. J. Thompson in H. J. Birx Encycl. Time I. 317/1 Some clades, such as the argyrosaurids, antarctosaurids, and brachiosaurids, became supergiants of greater than 30 meters in length.
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