Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax, life restoration

Taxonavigation [edit]

Taxonavigation: Titanosauriformes
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Familia: Brachiosauridae
Genus: Brachiosaurus
Species: B. altithorax – B. brancai

Brachiosaurus Riggs, 1903a

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Paul, G.S. 1988: The brachiosaur giants of the Morrison and Tendaguru with a description of a new subgenus, Giraffatitan, and a comparison of the world's largest dinosaurs. Hunteria, 2(3): 1-14.
Taylor, M.P. 2009: A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914). Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 29: 787–806. doi: 10.1671/039.029.0309