Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
Alternative combinations: Astrodon altithorax, Brachiosaurus (Brachiosaurus) altithorax
Full reference: E. S. Riggs. 1903. Brachiosaurus altithorax, the largest known dinosaur. American Journal of Science, series 4 15:299-306
Belongs to Brachiosaurus according to M. D. D'Emic 2012
See also Anonymous 1959, Anonymous 1959, Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía 2005, Bonaparte 1999, Carballido et al. 2012, Chure et al. 2006, D'Emic et al. 2011, Foster et al. 2016, Goodknight et al. 1991, Haughton 1928, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Janensch 1937, Janensch 1938, Kingham 1962, Lull 1915, Maltese et al. 2018, Mateus 2006, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, Mook 1916, Moro et al. 2020, Osborn 1905, Páramo et al. 2020, Paul 1988, Ren et al. 2021, Riggs 1903, Riggs 1904, Royo-Torres et al. 2014, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salisbury et al. 2016, Santafé et al. 1982, Schwarz et al. 2007, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor 2009, Tidwell and Wilhite 2005, Tschopp et al. 2019, Upchurch et al. 2004, Whitlock 2011, Wieland 1920, Wilhite 2005, Wilson and Sereno 1998 and Woodruff et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Brachiosaurus (Brachiosaurus)
Type specimen: FMNH P25107, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Riggs Quarry 13, Fruita (FMNH), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel siltstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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