Uberabatitan Salgado and Carvalho 2008 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: L. Salgado and I. S. Carvalho. 2008. Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the MarĂ­lia Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Palaeontology 51(4):881-901

Parent taxon: Rinconsauria according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Hechenleitner et al. 2020, Salgado and Carvalho 2008 and Silva Junior et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Adamantisaurus, Arrudatitan, Brasilotitan, Bravasaurus, Maxakalisaurus, Muyelensaurus, Overosaurus, Pitekunsaurus, Punatitan, Rinconsaurus

Subtaxa: Uberabatitan ribeiroi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at BR-050 B (km 153) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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