Species: altithorax RIGGS, 1903
Etymology: Latin, altithronus, "one enthroned on high, seated in heaven"
and Latin, thorax, "corselet, breastplate"; in reference to how
high the chest was in this animal from the ground.
= Brachiosaurus (Brachiosaurus) altithorax (RIGGS,
1903) PAUL, 1988
= Astrodon (Brachiosaurus) altithorax (RIGGS, 1903) KINGMAN, 1962
= Brachiosaurus altus JENSEN, 1986 (sic)
Holotype: FMNH P 25107
Locality: Rigg’s Quarry 13 (Riggs Hill, Field Museum Quarry), Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.
Horizon: Lower Upper Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Lowest zone 3.
Age: Upper Part, Comobluffian age, Kimmeridgian Stage, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Sacrum, 7 dorsal and 2 anterior caudal vertebrae, right humerus, coracoid, ilium, and femur and a number of ribs.
Referred material:
altithorax?
Locality: Reed's YPM Quarry 13, T22N, R76W, Sec. 4 or 5, Como Bluff, East (East of Marshall road), Albany County, Wyoming.
Horizon: Salt Wash Member, Morrison Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Zone 2.
Age: Comobluffian age, Kimmeridgian Stage, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
YPM 1911: Premaxillae, maxillae, lachrymals, vomers, dentaries, loose teeth and some fragments.
Note: A large incomplete Camarasaurus-like skull and dentary. This is the skull Marsh used for his first reconstruction of Brontosaurus.
HOLT, 1990
Locality: Near the old Field Museum quarry.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age:
Material:
Number: Not given: 32 caudal vertebrae, tibia and fibula.
Note: Probably belongs to type.
D'EMIC & CARRANO, 2019
OSTROM & McINTOSH, 1966/CARPENTER & TIDWELL, 1998
Locality: Marsh-Felch’s YPM Quarry 1, Garden Park, Sec. 28, T17S, R70W, Canyon City, Fremont County, Colorado.
Horizon: Salt Wash Member, Morrison Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Zone 2.
Age: Comobluffian age, Kimmeridgian Stage, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
USNM 5730: Maxillae, premaxillae, squamosal, dentaries, cranium and perhaps a quadrate.
Note: This is the second skull Marsh used for Brontosaurus and was referred to Camarasaurus.
/JENSEN, 1985/1987
Locality: Potter Creek Quarry, 70 km SSE of Riggs Locality, Uncompahgre Plateau, Montrose County, Colorado.
Horizon: Lower Upper Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Zone 2.
Age: Comobluffian age, Kimmeridgian Stage, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
BYU 9754/4744)/USNM 21903: Fragmentary skull.
Number: Not given: Mid dorsal vertebra, incomplete ilium, a left radius and metacarpal. humerus.
= Diplodocidae incertae sedis SCHWARZ, IKEJIRI, BREITHAUPT, SANDER & KLEIN, 2007 (moved to this genus by CARBALLIDO, MARPMANN, SCHWARZ-WINGS & PABST, 2012)
Locality: Howe Stephens Quarry, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
Horizon: Member?, Lower Morrison Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Zone?
Age: Comobluffian age, Kimmeridgian Stage, uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
SMA 0009: Nearly complete skeleton, mid-cervical to mid caudal and nearly all the bones in between, of a juvenile.
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