Giraffatitan (Berlin skeleton)
13.27 m (43.54 ft)
Height of the mounted skeleton
A long-necked sauropod from Jurassic Tanzania, mounted with its head held high. The Berlin skeleton stands 13.27 m tall: the tallest mounted dinosaur in the world.
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How big is that?
13.27 m is 7.6 times an adult man and 49% of a blue whale.
Giraffatitan is the 4th largest of the 31 Prehistoric Giants objects, and the 55th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Hubble Space Telescope (Cosmic Scale), 13.2 m long and Mount Rushmore (Washington's head) (Classic), 18.3 m tall.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Giraffatitan in orange beside the Prehistoric Giants objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Giraffatitan |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrannosaurus rex (SUE, Field Museum)SUE, one of the largest and most complete T. rex skeletons. Measured snout to tail. | 12.34 m long | 93% of the size |
| TitanoboaA giant snake from the swamps of Paleocene Colombia, laid out straight. | 13 m long | about the same |
| Giraffatitan (Berlin skeleton) | 13.27 m tall | – |
| SpinosaurusThe sail-backed river hunter of Cretaceous North Africa, measured nose to tail. | 14 m long | 1.1× bigger |
| Diplodocus (Dippy, NHM London)Dippy, the Natural History Museum's famous Diplodocus cast, measured head to tail. | 26 m long | 2× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 1,327 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 13.27 |
| Inches | 522.4 |
| Feet | 43.54 |
| Yards | 14.51 |
How it's measured
Height of the mounted skeleton. Laser-measured, Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, 2007.
Measured on a mounted museum specimen. Individuals varied, so other specimens are larger or smaller.
Sources
- guinnessworldrecords.com: Measured 13.27 m (43 ft 6 in) high on 1 June 2007.
- artsandculture.google.com (supporting): Museum fur Naturkunde: stands 13.27 metres tall.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Giraffatitan is one of the objects in Prehistoric Giants, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.