Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae

Full reference: V. Tidwell, K. Carpenter, and S. Meyer. 2001. A new titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 139-165

Belongs to Venenosaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004

See also Alifanov and Bolotsky 2010, Apesteguía 2005, D'Emic 2012, Dalla Vecchia 2005, Kirkland et al. 2016, Mocho et al. 2014, Rigby et al. 2021, Rose 2007, Taylor et al. 2011, Tidwell et al. 2001, Tidwell and Wilhite 2005 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DMNH 40932. Its type locality is Tony's Bone Bed (DMNS 2182), which is in an Aptian lacustrine limestone/mudstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): radius circumference 235.0, scapula diameter 180.0, ulna circumference 266.0

Distribution: found only at Tony's Bone Bed (DMNS 2182)

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