Giraffatitan brancai Janensch 1914

Reptilia - Saurischia - Brachiosauridae

Alternative combinations: Astrodon brancai, Brachiosaurus brancai, Brachiosaurus branchi, Branchiosaurus brancai, Giraffatitan braincai

Synonyms: Astrodon fraasi Janensch 1914, Brachiosaurus fraasi Janensch 1914, Brachiosaurus fraasii Janensch 1914

Full reference: W. Janensch. 1914. Übersicht über die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten [Overview of the vertebrate fauna of the Tendaguru beds]. Archiv für Biontologie 3:81-110

Belongs to Giraffatitan according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2013

See also Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía 2005, Apesteguía 2007, Apesteguía et al. 2021, Azzaroli 1972, Bedell and Trexler 2005, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1999, Carballido et al. 2012, D'Emic 2012, Dalla Vecchia 2005, de Almeida et al. 2004, Filippi and Garrido 2008, Fischer 1970, Fowler and Sullivan 2011, Furon 1963, García et al. 2015, González Riga et al. 2009, Gross 1934, Haughton 1928, Hennig 1914, Huene 1919, Huene 1927, Ingavat and Taquet 1978, Jain et al. 1979, Janensch 1914, Janensch 1933, Janensch 1937, Janensch 1938, Kingham 1962, Klein et al. 2012, Knoll et al. 2012, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Lull 1915, Maltese et al. 2018, Mannion 2009, Martin et al. 1993, Marty et al. 2010, Mateus 2006, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, Mezga et al. 2007, Mocho et al. 2014, Molnar 1991, Molnar 1991, Molnar 2011, Moro et al. 2020, Moser et al. 2006, Olshevsky 1992, Páramo et al. 2020, Parkinson 1928, Paul 1988, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Poropat et al. 2023, Rauhut 2011, Rich et al. 1983, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2014, Saegusa et al. 2010, Sakagami and Kawabe 2020, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salgado et al. 1997, Salgado et al. 2015, Salisbury et al. 2016, Santafé et al. 1982, Sanz et al. 1987, Schwarz et al. 2023, Steel 1970, Stromer 1936, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1984, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor 2009, Taylor et al. 2011, Tidwell and Wilhite 2005, Tschopp et al. 2019, Upchurch et al. 2004, Van Valen 1969, Whitlock 2011, Wilhite 2005, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Winkler et al. 2013, You and Li 2009 and Zhang et al. 2009

Sister taxon: Brachiosaurus (Giraffatitan) brancai

Type specimens:

  • Giraffatitan brancai: MB.R.2180 (= S I; = S 66), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry S, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
  • Brachiosaurus fraasi: HMN, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry Y, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 730.0

Estimated body mass: 47.1 tons based on femur circumference

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Tanzania (42 collections)

Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence

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