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Lusotitan

Reptilia - Brachiosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Lusotitan Antunes and Mateus p. 82–83
2006Lusotitan Mateus p. 227
2007Lusotitan Royo-Torres et al. p. 185
2010Lusotitan Canudo et al.
2010Lusotitan Mateus and Milàn p. 254
2011Lusotitan Mannion and Calvo
2012Lusotitan D'Emic
2013Lusotitan Mannion et al.
2015Lusotitan Carballido et al.
2016Lusotitan D'Emic et al.
2017Lusotitan Mannion et al.
2017Lusotitan Mocho et al. p. 2
2019Lusotitan Mannion et al.
2020Lusotitan Carballido et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
familyBrachiosauridae
genusLusotitan

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Lusotitan Antunes and Mateus 2003
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Lusotitan atalaiensis Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 150.3 tons Sauropoda femur circumferenceAnderson et al. 1985
Measurements
partNmean
femur circumference11100.0

Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Brachiosaurus sp. (47430)