Giraffatitan brancai

Giraffatitan is the classic brachiosaur, living during the Late Jurassic of Tanzania. Found in the early 20th century during German excavations of the Tendaguru Formation, it was long referred to as an African species of Brachiosaurus. Since it was known from more complete remains, including the famous Berlin mount (still among the tallest skeletons on display anywhere in the world), it came to be what most people think of when they hear Brachiosaurus. It’s now securely renamed Giraffatitan brancai, but it continues to be what many people are thinking of when they imagine a brachiosaur.