Brachiosaurus Coloring Page — Free Printable for Kids

A Brachiosaurus coloring page. This is a free printable for kids: the long neck rises across the top of the sheet, the front legs stand taller than the back ones, and the outlines stay bold and open, so there is room to color freely. The PDF runs to four pages — the line art with a small color guide, a plain line-art sheet, a fact sheet in Japanese, and a finished color version — and the dinosaur’s name is printed at the bottom in Japanese katakana. Download and print it; no registration required.

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Why was the neck of Brachiosaurus so long?

To reach leaves that nothing else could. The argument is the same one made for giraffes: the longer the neck, the higher it can browse, and the less it has to compete with other plant-eaters. The neck alone is estimated at around 9 m, close to 30 feet.

How big was Brachiosaurus?

Length estimates run to about 20–26 m (65–85 ft). Weight is far harder to pin down: older figures of 60–80 tonnes have come down considerably in more recent studies, and estimates still vary widely. It lived in the Late Jurassic, roughly 150 million years ago. The classic fossils come from North America; the similar African material is now usually placed in a separate genus, Giraffatitan.

What does the name Brachiosaurus mean?

“Arm lizard”. It was named for an unusual build: the front legs are longer than the hind legs, the reverse of most sauropods. That tips the body up towards the shoulders, which would have helped it feed high in the trees.