Giraffatitan
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: †Brachiosauridae
Genus: †Giraffatitan
Species: †G. brancai
Name
[edit]Giraffatitan Paul, 1988: 9
- Original status: valid subgenus
- Type species: †Brachiosaurus brancai Janensch, 1914
- Fixation: monotypy
References
[edit]- 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. PDF. Reference page. [See p. 9]
- Taylor, M.P. 2009. A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914). Journal of vertebrate paleontology 29(3): 787–806. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0309 Reference page.