Giraffatitan

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Giraffatitan, meaning giraffe titan, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian stages).

It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus (B. brancai). Giraffatitan was one of the largest animals known to have walked the earth.Giraffatitan was a sauropod, one of a group of four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails and relatively small brains.

It had a giraffe-like build, with long forelimbs and a very long neck.

The skull had a tall arch anterior to the eyes, consisting of the bony nares, a number of other openings, and spatulate teeth (resembling chisels).

The first toe on its front foot and the first three toes on its hind feet were clawed.