Brachiosaurus vs Utahraptor

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Brachiosaurus and Utahraptor, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

Side-by-Side Comparison

गुण Brachiosaurus Utahraptor
वैज्ञानिक नाम Brachiosaurus altithorax Utahraptor ostrommaysi
वर्गीकरण Sauropoda Dromaeosauridae
युग Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
आहार Herbivore Carnivore
लंबाई 26.0 m 5.5 m
Height 13.0 m 1.8 m
वजन 56.0 t 500 kg
खोज वर्ष 1903 1993
खोज स्थान Grand River Valley, Colorado, USA Arches National Park, Utah, USA
नामकर्ता Elmer S. Riggs James Kirkland et al.

Size Comparison

Brachiosaurus 26.0 m

about as long as 5 cars end-to-end

Utahraptor 5.5 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Brachiosaurus 56.0 t

heavier than 9 African elephants

Utahraptor 500 kg

about 7 adult humans

Timeline Comparison

Brachiosaurus
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya
Utahraptor
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Brachiosaurus

Herbivore

Brachiosaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Utahraptor

Carnivore

Utahraptor was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Classification Comparison

Brachiosaurus

Clade: Sauropodomorpha

Group: Sauropoda

(Lizard feet)

Utahraptor

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

Did You Know?

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Brachiosaurus was about 4.7x longer than Utahraptor.

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Brachiosaurus weighed roughly 112x more than Utahraptor.

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Brachiosaurus was a herbivore while Utahraptor was a carnivore.

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Brachiosaurus lived during the Jurassic Late while Utahraptor lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 0 million years.

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Brachiosaurus was discovered 90 years earlier, in 1903.

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Brachiosaurus belonged to Sauropoda while Utahraptor belonged to Dromaeosauridae.

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