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Dinosaur: Baurutitan britoi
| Length*: | 18 m | 59.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 15 t | 33,069 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Kellner, Campos & Trotta
Year: 2005
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: Minas Gerais
Formation: Serra da Galga
Locations
Sources
Material: Sacral vertebra and 18 caudal vertebrae. Referred several individuals.
References: Julian C. G. Silva Junior et al. (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.
