Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Full reference: W. Janensch. 1961. Die Gliedmaszen und Gliedmaszengürtel der Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten [The limbs and limb girdles of the sauropods of the Tendaguru Beds]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 3(4):177-235
Belongs to Barosaurus africanus according to W. Janensch 1961
See also Chure and McIntosh 1989, Mateus 2006, McIntosh 1990, Mezga et al. 2007, Olshevsky 1992, Russell et al. 1980 and Tschopp et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MB.R.2343, 2345, 2346, 2350, a partial skull. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry Ki, which is in a Tithonian marginal marine sandstone in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Barosaurus africanus gracilis in the database