[D] Lusotitan atalaiensis [sG] [T]
Describer
Antunes & Mateus, 2003
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Brachiosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Sobral Unit, Lourinhã, Municipality Peralta, near Atalaia, Estremadura, Portugal
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Lusotitan atalaiensis (Antunes & Mateus, 2003) > Brachiosaurus atalaiensis (Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957)
MIGM 4798, 4801–10, 4938, 4944, 4950, 4952, 4958, 4964–66, 4981–82, 4985, 8793–95, 8807: Individual elements of a partial skeleton comprising 2 anterior cervicals, 1 mid-dorsal, 2 neural arches, 3 anterior caudal centra, series of 18 caudals, 12 chevrons, ribs (one of which was originally identified as a metacarpal II), scapula?, distal epiphysis, 2 humeri, proximal left ulna & radius, partial left ilium, ischium & pubis, left tibia, proximal right fibula, and right astragalus.
Originally part of the type series for Brachiosaurus atalaiensis in addition to lectotype partial skeleton. Hypodigm APK:0/35: Isolated vertebrae from five Portuguese localities.
Lusotitan is regarded as a Brachiosauridae due to the low neural spines, prominent deltopectoral crest of the humerus, elongated humerus, and the longitudinal axis of the ilium is upward.