Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
Alternative combinations: Astrodon atalaiensis, Brachiosaurus atalaiensis
Full reference: A. F. d. Lapparent and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal [The dinosaurs of Portugal]. Mémoires des Services Géologiques du Portugal, nouvelle série 2:1-63
Belongs to Lusotitan according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2013
See also Antunes and Mateus 2003, Canudo et al. 2010, D'Emic 2012, Escaso et al. 2007, Jain et al. 1979, Kingham 1962, Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957, Mateus 2006, Mateus and Milàn 2010, McIntosh 1990, Mocho et al. 2016, Mocho et al. 2017, Mocho et al. 2019, Ortega et al. 2009, Ortega et al. 2010, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2007, Salgado et al. 2015, Sanz et al. 1987 and Steel 1970
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MIGM 4798, 4801–10, 4938, 4944, 4950, 4952, 4958, 4964–66, 4981–82, 4985, 8793–99, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Atalaia, near Peralta, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial claystone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.
Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 1100.0
Estimated body mass: 150.3 tons based on femur circumference
Distribution: found only at Atalaia, near Peralta
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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