Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) brancai Janensch 1914 (brachiosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae

Full reference: W. Janensch. 1914. Übersicht über die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten [Overview of the vertebrate fauna of the Tendaguru beds]. Archiv für Biontologie 3:81-110

Belongs to Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) according to G. S. Paul 1988

Sister taxon: Giraffatitan brancai

Type specimen: MB.R.2180 (= S I; = S 66), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry S, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) brancai in the database

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