Taylor, M.P.
taxonomy · morphology · range · methods
Detailed specimen and character reassessment separating two historically conflated brachiosaurid genera; it does not establish a family-wide range.
Brachiosauridae is represented by Taylor’s character-by-character separation of Brachiosaurus altithorax from Giraffatitan brancai; that genus-level revision does not define the complete family range or every brachiosaurid member.
claim:taxon:brachiosauridaeBrachiosauridae is displayed at 154.8–145 Ma only as the Late Jurassic type-material comparison for Brachiosaurus and Giraffatitan, not the complete family range. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.
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