Giraffatitan | Fossil Wiki
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VERIFY:period_end_mya: stored=150 suggested=145 confidence=medium — Sources summarising the Tendaguru dinosaur-bearing beds state that Giraffatitan "lived from 145 to 150 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian to Tithonian ages of the Late Jurassic", so an end age of 150 Ma truncates the occurrence before the Tithonian. A younger end age of about 145 Ma is the commonly supported value.
Åpne kilde ↗Tendaguru Formation — Pteros
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VERIFY:geological_stage: stored=kimmeridgian suggested=kimmeridgian-tithonian confidence=medium — The Giraffatitan-bearing horizons of the Tendaguru Formation are referred to the Kimmeridgian through Tithonian stages, not the Kimmeridgian alone; the sauropod fauna is described as coming "from the Kimmeridgian to the Tithonian Stages". Storing only the Kimmeridgian omits the younger stage that also yields the taxon.
Åpne kilde ↗PBDB Taxon: Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)
Paleobiology Database
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Paleobiology Database taxon record giving the accepted classification of Giraffatitan brancai within Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Titanosauriformes and Brachiosauridae.
Åpne kilde ↗The Tendaguru Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, southern Tanzania): definition, palaeoenvironments, and sequence stratigraphy
Fossil Record (Bussert, Heinrich & Aberhan, 2009)
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Peer-reviewed definition of the Tendaguru Formation in the Lindi Region of south-eastern Tanzania, documenting the fossil localities and the stratigraphic range of the beds that yield Giraffatitan.
Åpne kilde ↗Palaeoecology and depositional environments of the Tendaguru Beds (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Tanzania)
Fossil Record (Aberhan et al., 2002)
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Peer-reviewed reconstruction of the Tendaguru palaeoenvironment as alternating coastal lagoons, tidal flats and vegetated floodplains under a seasonal climate, the habitat inhabited by Giraffatitan.
Åpne kilde ↗Giraffatitan | Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum, London (Dino Directory)
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Museum taxon profile documenting Giraffatitan as a high-browsing herbivorous sauropod that fed on Late Jurassic conifers and other tough plant material.
Åpne kilde ↗The Tendaguru Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, southern Tanzania): definition, palaeoenvironments, and sequence stratigraphy
Fossil Record (Bussert, Heinrich & Aberhan, 2009)
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Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Taylor, 2009)
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Peer-reviewed comparative osteology that separates the African species from Brachiosaurus and provides the authoritative anatomical description and diagnosis of Giraffatitan brancai.
Åpne kilde ↗A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Taylor, 2009)
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Peer-reviewed comparative osteology that separates the African species from Brachiosaurus and provides the authoritative anatomical description and diagnosis of Giraffatitan brancai.
Åpne kilde ↗A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Taylor, 2009)
Sjekket: 5.9.2026
Peer-reviewed comparative osteology that separates the African species from Brachiosaurus and provides the authoritative anatomical description and diagnosis of Giraffatitan brancai.
Åpne kilde ↗A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Taylor, 2009)
Sjekket: 5.9.2026
Peer-reviewed comparative osteology that separates the African species from Brachiosaurus and provides the authoritative anatomical description and diagnosis of Giraffatitan brancai.
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