Classification
Dinosauria
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Saurischia
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Sauropodomorpha
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Massopoda
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Sauropodiformes
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Sauropoda
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Gravisauria
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Eusauropoda
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Neosauropoda
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Macronaria
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Titanosauriformes
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Brachiosauridae
Famille
Sites de découverte 93 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
4
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Valanginien
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
7
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
60
Kimméridgien
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
7
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
4
Synonymes (3)
Astrodontidae
subjective synonym of Brachiosauridae
Ornithopsis eucamerotus
nomen dubium, species not entered Brachiosauridae
Pleurocoelidae
subjective synonym of Brachiosauridae
Bibliographie
Description originale
E. S. Riggs. 1904. Structure and relationships of opisthocoelian dinosaurs, part II: The Brachiosauridae. Field Columbian Museum Geological Series 2(6):229-247
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