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Brachiosaurinae (disused)

Reptilia - Brachiosauridae

Taxonomy
Brachiosaurinae was named by Huene (1927) [described as a subfamily, but given family-level suffix]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cetiosauridae by Huene (1927), Huene (1927), Huene (1929), Huene (1929) and Kuhn (1946); to Camarasauridae by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Santafé-Llopis et al. (1981) and Sanz (1986); and to Brachiosauridae by Romer (1956), Santafé et al. (1982) and Zhao (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Brachiosaurinae Huene p. 122
1929Brachiosaurinae Huene p. 116
1946Brachiosaurinae Kuhn p. 66
1956Brachiosaurinae Romer p. 620
1970Brachiosaurinae Steel p. 66
1970Brachiosaurinae Swinton p. 170
1981Brachiosaurinae Santafé-Llopis et al. p. 143
1982Brachiosaurinae Santafé et al. p. 85
1986Brachiosaurinae Sanz p. 83
1993Brachiosaurinae Zhao p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Titanosauriformes
familyBrachiosauridae
subfamilyBrachiosaurinae
subfamilyBrachiosaurinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Brachiosaurinae Huene 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875
Collections
No collection or age range data are available