Baurutitan britoi Kellner et al. 2005 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combination: Baurutitan brittoi

Synonym: Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al. 2005

Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner, D. d. A. Campos, and M. N. F. Trotta. 2005. Description of a titanosaurid caudal series from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):529-564

Belongs to Baurutitan according to J. C. G. Silva Junior et al. 2022

See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Calvo and Porfiri 2010, Campos et al. 2005, Candeiro 2009, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro et al. 2010, Casal and Ibiricu 2010, Casal et al. 2007, Cerda et al. 2015, D'Emic and Wilson 2011, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2013, Filippi et al. 2011, Filippi and Garrido 2008, Gallina 2011, Gorscak et al. 2017, Ibiricu et al. 2011, Kellner et al. 2005, Kellner et al. 2006, Le Loeuff 2010, Lopes and Buchmann 2008, Mannion and Otero 2012, Marinho and Iori 2011, Martinelli et al. 2011, Navarrete et al. 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Ribeiro and Carvalho 2007, Salgado and Carvalho 2008, Salgado et al. 2006, Salgado and Coria 2009, Silva Junior et al. 2017, Soto et al. 2008 and Soto et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Baurutitan britoi: MCT 1490-R, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.
  • Trigonosaurus pricei: MCT 1488-R, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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