Genus
Valid Extinct

Brasilotitan

Machado et al. 2013

Brasilotitan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species is Brasilotitan nemophagus. Brasilotitan was a small titanosaur with a squared-off snout, and may be closely related to another Brazilian titanosaur, Uberabatitan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Brasilotitan
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Materials of Brasilotitan nemophagus (MPM 125R), A. Right dentary in dorsal and ventral views. B. Posterior cervical vertebrae in ventrolateral view. C. Sequence of sacral vertebrae in left lateral and dorsal views (Machado et al., 2013). © 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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Colossosauria Unranked clade
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Rinconsauria Unranked clade
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Brasilotitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Adamantina
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Brasilotitan nemophagus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. B. Machado, L. S. Avilla, and W. R. Nava, D. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Zootaxa 3701(3):301-321 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. B. Machado, L. S. Avilla, and W. R. Nava, D. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Zootaxa 3701(3):301-321 DOI ↗