Dinosaur: Brachiosaurus altithorax
| Length*: | 26.5 m | 86.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 50 tons | 110,229 lb |
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Riggs
Year: 1903
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma,
Wyoming
Formation: Morrison
Other
Material: Partial skeleton, referred other specimens also skull material.
References: Taylor, M.P. (2009) "A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)".
Mannion, P.D., Upchurch, P., Barnes, R.N. & Mateus, O. (2013) "Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms".
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