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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Brachiosauridae : Giraffatitan |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Giraffatitan | subgenus | belongs to Brachiosaurus | stated with evidence | Paul, 1988 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated without evidence | Olshevsky, 1992 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated with evidence | Taylor, 2009 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated without evidence | Marty et al., 2010 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated with evidence | D'Emic, 2012 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Titanosauriformes | stated without evidence | Mocho et al., 2014 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated with evidence | Carballido et al., 2015 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated without evidence | Salisbury et al., 2016 | | Giraffatitan | genus | belongs to Brachiosauridae | stated with evidence | Mannion et al., 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. S. Paul. 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 |
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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 |
| Ksepka D. T., Norell M. A. (2010) The Illusory Evidence for Asian Brachiosauridae: New Material of Erketu ellisoni and a Phylogenetic Reappraisal of Basal Titanosauriformes, American Museum Novitates 3700, 1-27 |
| Marty D., Belvedere M., et al (2010) Comparative analysis of Late Jurassic sauropod trackways from the Jura Mountains (NW Switzerland) and the central High Atlas Mountains (Morocco): implications for sauropod ichnotaxonomy, Historical Biology 22 1–3, 109-133 doi:10.1080/08912960903503345 |
| D'Emic M. D. (2012) The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166, 624-671 |
| D'Emic M. D. (2013) Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 6, 707-726 doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.667446 |
| Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2013) Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168, 98-206 |
| Mocho P., Royo-Torres R., et al (2014) Phylogenetic reassessment of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis, a basal Macronaria (Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170, 875-916 doi:10.1111/zoj.12113 |
| Carballido J. L., Pol D., et al (2015) A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5, e980505:1-12 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.980505 |
| D'Emic M. D., Foreman B. Z., et al (2016) Anatomy, systematics, paleoenvironment, growth, and age of the sauropod dinosaur Sonorasaurus thompsoni from the Cretaceous of Arizona, USA, Journal of Paleontology 90 1, 102-132 doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.67 |
| Salisbury S. W., Romilio A., et al (2016) The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 6, suppl., 1-152 doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1269539 |
| Mannion P. D., Allain R., et al (2017) The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae, PeerJ 5, e3217:1-82 doi:10.7717/peerj.3217 |
| Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2019) Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod dinosaur evolution, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185 3, 784-909 doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly068/5300162 |
Giraffatitan ✝
Brachiosaurus brancai ✝
