Giraffatitan Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)
/dʒˌɜːɹɐfˈæɾɪtən/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 161.5–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Tanzania
Region
Lindi
Formation
Tendaguru
Dig sites
41
distinct collections
Overview
Giraffatitan brancai is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Lindi, Tanzania. It was named by (Janensch 1914). The species is represented by 42 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~81%
well attested
Based on 42 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Giraffatitan brancai sits in deep time
Giraffatitan
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Giraffatitan brancai's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.