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Lusotitan atalaiensis
Taxonomy
Brachiosaurus atalaiensis was named by Lapparent and Zbyszewski (1957). Its type specimen is MIGM 4798, 4801–10, 4938, 4944, 4950, 4952, 4958, 4964–66, 4981–82, 4985, 8793–99, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atalaia, near Peralta, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial claystone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.
It was recombined as Astrodon atalaiensis by Kingham (1962); it was recombined as Lusotitan atalaiensis by Antunes and Mateus (2003), Mateus (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2007), Escaso et al. (2007), Ortega et al. (2009), Canudo et al. (2010), Ortega et al. (2010), Mateus and Milàn (2010), D'Emic (2012), Mannion et al. (2013), Salgado et al. (2015), Mocho et al. (2016), Mocho et al. (2017), Mocho et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Astrodon atalaiensis by Kingham (1962); it was recombined as Lusotitan atalaiensis by Antunes and Mateus (2003), Mateus (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2007), Escaso et al. (2007), Ortega et al. (2009), Canudo et al. (2010), Ortega et al. (2010), Mateus and Milàn (2010), D'Emic (2012), Mannion et al. (2013), Salgado et al. (2015), Mocho et al. (2016), Mocho et al. (2017), Mocho et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Brachiosaurus atalaiensis Lapparent and Zbyszewski p. 40 |
| 1962 | Astrodon atalaiensis Kingham p. 40 |
| 1970 | Brachiosaurus atalaiensis Steel p. 68 |
| 1979 | Brachiosaurus atalaiensis Jain et al. p. 206 |
| 1987 | Brachiosaurus atalaiensis Sanz et al. p. 59 |
| 1990 | Brachiosaurus atalaiensis McIntosh p. 347 |
| 2003 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Antunes and Mateus pp. 82-83 |
| 2006 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Mateus p. 231 |
| 2006 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S2 |
| 2007 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Escaso et al. p. 368 |
| 2007 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Royo-Torres et al. p. 185 |
| 2009 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Ortega et al. p. 50 |
| 2010 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Canudo et al. |
| 2010 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Mateus and Milàn p. 254 |
| 2010 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Ortega et al. p. 62 |
| 2012 | Lusotitan atalaiensis D'Emic |
| 2013 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Mannion et al. |
| 2015 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Salgado et al. p. 420 |
| 2016 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Mocho et al. p. 228 |
| 2017 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Mocho et al. p. 2 |
| 2019 | Lusotitan atalaiensis Mocho et al. p. 1 |
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†Lusotitan atalaiensis Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available