After Paul, 1988, McIntosh, 1990, and Upchurch, 1998
<==o †Brachiosauridae Riggs, 1903a (brachiosaurs; brakiosaurit, käsivarsisaurit, mammuttisaurit) |?- †Brachiosauridae genera et species indet. [KS 7002] [“unnamed brachiosaur from South Korea”] |?- †“Cetiosaurus” humerocristatus Hulke, 1874 |?- †Daanosaurus zhangi Ye, Gao & Jiang, 2005 |?- †Ischyrosaurus manseli (Hulke [ex Lydekker, 1888b]) [Ornithopsis manseli Hulke (ex Lydekker, 1888b)] |?- †“Ornithopsis” leedsi Hulke, 1887 |?- †Sonorasaurus thompsoni Ratkevich, 1998 |?-o †Pelorosaurus Mantell, 1850 [taxonomic history] | |-- †P. conybaeri (Melville, 1949) [taxonomic history] | `-- †P. mackesoni (Owen, 1884) [taxonomic history] |?-o †Pleurocoelus Marsh, 1888a [?Astrodon Johnston, 1859] | |?- †P. nanus Marsh, 1888a | |-- †P. altus Marsh, 1888a [?Astrodon johnstoni Leidy, 1865] | `-- †P. valdensis Lydekker, 1889e |?-o †Bothriospondylus Owen, 1875 [Marmarospondylus Owen, 1975] | |-- †B. suffosus Owen, 1875 | |-- †B. robustus Owen, 1875 [Marmarospondylus robustus Owen, 1875] | `-- †B. madagascariensis Lydekker, 1895 `--+-- †Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch, 1914) Paul, 1988 [Brachiosaurus brancai Janensch, 1914, Brachiosaurus fraasi Janensch, 1914] `--+-- †Sauroposeidon proteles Wadel, Cifelli & Sanders, 2000 |-- †Lusotitan atalaiensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957) Antunes & Mateus, 2003 [Brachiosaurus atalaiensis Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957] `--o †Brachiosaurus Riggs, 1903a |-- †B. altithorax Riggs, 1903a `-- †B. nougaredi Lapparent, 1960a
Reference(s):
- Antunes, M. T. & Mateus, O., 2003: Dinosaurs of Portugal [Dinosaures du Portugal].
–Comptes Rendus Palevol: Vol. 2, #1, pp. 77-95 - Keesey, T. M., 1996-2000: The Dinosauricon
–iNet: http://dinosauricon.com/ - Lim, J.-D., Martin, L. D. & Baek, K.-S., 2001: The first discovery of a brachiosaurid from the Asian continent.
–Naturwissenschaften: Vol. 88, #2, pp. 82-84 - McIntosh, J. S., 1990: Sauropoda. 345-401
in Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., & Osmólska, H. (eds.), 1990: The Dinosauria.
–University of California Press, Berkley, Los Angeles, Oxford, 1990 xvi-733 - 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 worlds largest sauropods.
–Hunteria: Vol. 2, #3, pp. 1-14 - Ratkevich, R., 1998: New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni gen et sp. nov, from Arizona.
–Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science: Vol. 31, pp. 71-82 - Upchurch, P., 1998: The Phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London: Vol. 128, #1, pp. 43-103 - Wadel, M. J., Cifelli, R. L., & Sanders, R. K., 2000: Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklaholma.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 20, #1, pp. 109-114 - Ye, Y., Gao, Y.-H. & Jiang, S., 2005: A new genus of sauropod from Zigong, Sichuan.
–Vertebrata PalAsiatica: Vol. 43, pp. 175-181 [from a correpondence in Dinosaur Mailing List]