Genus
Valid Extinct

Baurutitan

Kellner et al. 2005
Etymology Géant de Bauru

Baurutitan is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Brazil. The type species, Baurutitan britoi, was described in 2005 by Kellner and colleagues, although the fossil remains had already been discovered in 1957. Baurutitan is classified as a lithostrotian titanosaur, and is distinguished from related genera based on its distinctive caudal vertebrae. This South American dinosaur was found in the Serra da Galga Formation near Uberaba, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Baurutitan
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Baurutitan britoi (MCT 1490-R), caudal vertebrae (S6, Ca1 to Ca18) and haemal arches in left lateral view (according to Vidal et al., 2024). © E. G. Nascimento, C. R. A. Candeiro, L. Vidal, E. F. Oliveira, T. C. Dias & S. Brusatte · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Aeolosaurini Unranked clade
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Baurutitan Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
4
Geological formations
Serra da Galga
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Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Species (2)
Baurutitan britoi 72 Ma
Trigonosaurus pricei subjective synonym of Baurutitan britoi 72 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Trigonosaurus subjective synonym of Baurutitan
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (4)
J. C. G. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, and T. S. Marinho, J. I. Silva, M. C. Langer. 2022. New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil. PeerJ 10:e14333 DOI ↗
R. D. Juárez Valieri and S. D. Ríos Díaz. 2013. Assignation of the vertebra CPP 494 to Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al., 2005 (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, with comments on the laminar variation among lithostrotian titanosaurs. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay 17(1):20-28
D. d. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner, and R. J. Bertini, R. M. Santucci. 2005. On a titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) vertebral column from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):565-593
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