How did the brachiosaurus get its name?

Answer 1

Its name is derived from Greek.

You can divide it into three parts;

tyranno,

which is a form of the greek word for tyrant,

saurus,

which means lizard,

and rex,

which means king.

So the name Tyrannosaurus rex really means the Tyrant king of lizards.

Answer 2: Tyrannosaurus rex (tyrant giant lizard) was about 10 feet [3 m] high at the hips. When standing, it could measure some 20 feet [6m] tall. It was about 40 feet [12m] long. Its head was up tp four feet [1.2m] in length, and it's large mouth was equipped with many six inch [15m] conelike teeth. The hind legs were very small. A huge lizardlike tail brought up the rear. Rather than walking ir is now concluded that the tyrannosaurs held their bodies horizontal, balancing their body's weight with their long tail. Exerpt from Awake magazine, Jehovah's Witnesses official website

Answer 2

The Tyrannosaurus rex got it's name because Tyrannosaurus rex means "tyrant king lizard."

Answer2: Answer 2: Tyrannosaurus rex (tyrant giant lizard) was about 10 feet [3 m] high at the hips. When standing, it could measure some 20 feet [6m] tall. It was about 40 feet [12m] long. Its head was up tp four feet [1.2m] in length, and it's large mouth was equipped with many six inch [15m] conelike teeth. The hind legs were very small. A huge lizardlike tail brought up the rear. Rather than walking ir is now concluded that the tyrannosaurs held their bodies horizontal, balancing their body's weight with their long tail. Exerpt from Awake magazine, Jehovah's Witnesses official website

Answer 3

Tyrannosaurus rex was named by Henry F. Osborn in 1905. At the time it was significantly larger than any other carnivorous animal ever discovered. Therefore he give it a name befitting such a massive predator: Tyrannosaurus rex, or "tyrant lizard king".

Answer 4

Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard" in ancient Greek. Othniel Charles Marsh named it Brontosaurus because of its impressive size. However, the name Brontosaurus is no longer used because the dinosaur named Brontosaurus actually belongs to the genus Apatosaurus; specifically it is the species Apatosaurus excelsus.

Answer 5

A bit more detail: The name is from the Greek meaning “tyrant” and “lizard” and the Latin word for “king.”

Answer 6

It means king of the lizards.