Referred specimen
USNM 5730
Brachiosaurus altithorax
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- Catalog number
- USNM 5730
- Institution
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM)
- Year found
- 1883
- Found by
- Marshall P. Felch
- Locality
- Garden Park, near Cañon City, Colorado
- Formation
- Morrison Formation
What this specimen preserves
Referred specimen: USNM 5730
- Preserved
- Partial
- Reconstructed
- Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
| Region | State |
|---|---|
| Skull | Partial |
| Mandible | Partial |
| Teeth | Unknown / not recorded |
| Cervical vertebrae | Unknown / not recorded |
| Dorsal vertebrae | Unknown / not recorded |
| Sacrum | Unknown / not recorded |
| Caudal vertebrae | Unknown / not recorded |
| Ribs | Unknown / not recorded |
| Gastralia | Unknown / not recorded |
| Scapula / shoulder girdle | Unknown / not recorded |
| Humerus | Unknown / not recorded |
| Forearm (radius / ulna) | Unknown / not recorded |
| Hand (manus) | Unknown / not recorded |
| Pelvis | Unknown / not recorded |
| Femur | Unknown / not recorded |
| Tibia / fibula | Unknown / not recorded |
| Foot (pes) | Unknown / not recorded |
Excavation history
A sauropod skull from Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park, long thought to be Apatosaurus-like; referred to Brachiosaurus by Carpenter & Tidwell (1998). The referral is not certain.