Synonym: Brachiosauria Upchurch 1997
Full reference: L. Salgado, R. A. Coria, and J. O. Calvo. 1997. Evolution of titanosaurid sauropods. I: Phylogenetic analysis based on the postcranial evidence. Ameghiniana 34(1):3-32
Parent taxon: Macronaria according to J. L. Carballido et al. 2020
See also de Almeida et al. 2004, Mocho et al. 2014, Moser et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Salgado et al. 1997, Taylor et al. 2011, Upchurch 1997 and Upchurch et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Apatosaurus minimus, Aragosaurus, Astrodon, Atlasaurus, Bothriospondylus robustus, Dashanpusaurus, Dinodocus, Dinodocus mackesoni, Galveosaurus, Titanomorpha, Titanosauriformes, Yuzhoulong
Subtaxa: Camarasauridae Europasaurus Tehuelchesaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Croatia (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), South Korea (1), Spain (3)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), France (2), Germany (2), India (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Portugal (5), Spain (3), United States (123: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1), Zimbabwe (2)
Total: 150 collections including 162 occurrences