Venenosaurus Tidwell et al. 2001 (brachiosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae

Full reference: V. Tidwell, K. Carpenter, and S. Meyer. 2001. A new titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 139-165

Parent taxon: Brachiosauridae according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Apesteguƭa 2005, Britt et al. 2009, Carballido et al. 2015, D'Emic 2012, D'Emic 2013, D'Emic et al. 2016, Mannion et al. 2017, Mannion and Calvo 2011, Mannion et al. 2013, Rose 2007, Royo-Torres et al. 2012, Royo-Torres et al. 2007, Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003, Salisbury et al. 2016, Tidwell et al. 2001, Tidwell and Wilhite 2005 and Upchurch et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Abydosaurus, Bellusaurinae, Brachiosaurinae, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurinae, Cedarosaurus, Euhelopodinae, Galvesaurus, Giraffatitan, Klamelisaurinae, Lusotitan, Ornithopsis eucamerotus, Sonorasaurus, Soriatitan, Vouivria

Subtaxa: Venenosaurus dicrocei

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tony's Bone Bed (DMNS 2182) (Cretaceous of Utah)

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