Giraffatitan by a River coloring page

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I have posted many many drawings that I have done and they are 

available for you to print and color. 

A few of the drawings were done by a grandniece and a grandnephew.

Today's new drawing is of a Giraffatitan.  A very TALL dinosaur.

Giraffatitan by a River

Giraffatitan was a large Sauropod dinosaur.  It was a type of Brachiosaur, although it was not the same species as the well-known Brachiosaurus.  Giraffatitan was one of the tallest dinosaurs.  It was once thought to be the biggest dinosaur.  We now know that it was taller and bigger than Brachiosaurs, but that Sauroposeidon was bigger and taller.  Basically, all were types of Brachiosaurs but Sauroposeidon was the biggest and tallest, then Giraffatitan, and then Brachiosaurs.  Other Brachiosaurs have also been found in various parts of the world.  They all lived in the late Jurassic and some into the early Cretaceous Period. 

Size and height estimates vary.  The different paleontologists have different estimates of the height of Giraffatitan.  Some estimate around 39 feet and some estimate up to 55 feet tall.  Sauroposeidon is thought to have been 60 feet tall.  Of course, Argentinasaurus and Patagotitan from South America are now known to have been the biggest Sauropods and the biggest dinosaurs.  But they were not the tallest.   

By the way, did you notice that I had some fun and drew its patterns very similar to those found on a giraffe?  You see, I forgot to mention that this huge Sauropod was found in Africa... where modern giraffes live.  This body style with long front legs and a tall neck is an example of convergent evolution. Convergent evolution is when two organisms have similar shapes etc. because that adaptation was useful.  Both modern giraffes and the ancient Brachiosaurs had bodies built for eating leaves from tall trees. 

NOTE: To get to the printable version of this drawing/coloring page just click on the button labeled 
"Paleontology" and scroll to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of drawing titles.  Then click on the title to get the printable version of the picture.  Have fun coloring this awesome dinosaur.