Uberabatitan ribeiroi
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Dinosaur: Uberabatitan ribeiroi
| Length*: | 24.5 m | 80.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 33 t | 72,752 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Salgado & Carvalho
Year: 2008
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: Minas Gerais
Formation: Serra da Galga
Locations
Sources
Material: At least several individuals (mostly vertebrae and limb bones).
References: Silva, J.C.G. Jr.; Marinho, T.S.; Martinelli, A.G.; Langer, M.C. (2019). "Osteology and systematics of Uberabatitan ribeiroi (Dinosauria; Sauropoda): a Late Cretaceous titanosaur from Minas Gerais, Brazil".
