A Guide to the Dinosaurs of Colorado
On Dinosaur Classification
On Scientific Names
The Basics of Taxonomy
An Introduction to Cladistcs
Taxonomy of the Dinosaurs of Colorado
Cladogram of the Dinosaurs of Colorado
About the Dinosaurs of Colorado
Geological
Time Chart
    

Genus Brachiosaurus

Taxonomy: Recognized Species
Class Dinosauria
  Subclass Sauropodomorpha
    Order Sauropoda
      Suborder Titanosauria
        Family Brachiosauridae
B. altithorax Riggs, 1903
  Colorado, Utah.
B. brancai Janench, 1914
  Mtwara, Tanzania.
B. alataiensis Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957
  Estremadura, Portugal.
B. nougaredi Lapparent, 1960
  Wargla, Algeria.
Species in Colorado: Brachiosaurus altithorax
Size: Where found:
75 feet
23 meters		 Morrison Formation of Colorado and Utah.
Period: Age:
Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
  144 to 156 Ma.
(Early Cretaceous for B. nougaredi) (Albian for B. nougaredi)
Material Found
B. altithorax
Partial skeletons from two individuals.
B. brancai
Five partial skeletons, three or more skulls, isolated limb bones.
B. alataiensis
Vertebrae, hip and limb elements.
B. nougaredi
Sacrum, forelimb elements.

Information compiled by Donald L. Blanchard

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