Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus was a large sauropod dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic in Africa and North America, from 150 to 135 million years ago. It held the record for largest dinosaur for many years, until the discovery of bigger Sauropods, like Sauroposeidon and Argentinosaurus. Brachiosaurus inhabited both islands. Females could be identified as being all a light gray in colour, as Alpha females were a dark brown. Alpha Male and Male Brachiosaurs were gray with green stipes and the tops of thier heads bieng marked in crimson.

Isla Nublar's Jurassic Park


In Jurassic Park, the Brachiosaur females were a light grey color, and roamed in herds with Parasaurolophus. Since this animal's enclosure is the closest to the Helicopter pad, it was the first animal scene by Alan Grant and the others upon approaching the Park complexes. It was here Grant and Ellie Sattler viewed that Brachiosaurs were able to walk across the ground, and did not live completely in swamps or lakes.

Isla Sorna's Site B


On Isla Sorna, Brachiosaurs dominated the northren part of the Island, roaming in large herds lead by an Alpha Male. Seldomly, herds were accompynied by other animals such as Stegosaurus or Ankylosaurus. While niether Peter Ludlow's or Ian Malcolm's Sorna groups encountered any Brachiosaurs, Grant's party on Sorna did happen to meet a large Alpha Male Brachiosaur while floating down a river on a utility boat. Also while flying ove Sorna in a plane, Grant pointed out several Brachiosaurs to the Kirbys.

Behind the Scenes
Brachiosaurus is available in the game Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis as a five-star large herbivore. No carnivores attack it purposely. In some cases, the large carnivores will accidentally attack it while going after another dinosaur. Brachiosaurus is significantly tall, reaching the treetops even on all fours. This Brachiosaur seemed to be a mix of the Jurassic Park III and Jurassic Park Brachiosaurus colors.

The former African species (B. brancai, the animal that the Jurassic Park Brachiosaurs are based on) has been reassigned to the genus Giraffatitan.

Brachiosaurus did not appear in the novels, and was used to replace Apatosaurus.

Only two Brachiosaurus toys were ever produced for Jurassic Park. The first was a Brachiosaurus hatchling with came with JP Series 1 Tim Murphey figure. The second appeared in the 2001 Jurassic Park III Toyline which included a female Brachiosaurus toy.