Genus
Valid Extinct

Arrudatitan

Silva Junior et al. 2022

Arrudatitan is an extinct genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)-aged Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species, A. maximus, was named and described in 2011 as a species of Aeolosaurus, but was separated into its own genus in 2021. It was relatively gracile for a titanosaur.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Arrudatitan
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Arrudatitan maximus (MPMA 12-0001-97), A. Femur in posterior view. B. Anterior caudal vertebrae Ca4 to Ca9 in left lateral view. C. Haemal arches in lateral view. © 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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Arrudatitan 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)
Arrudatitan maximus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. C. G. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, and F. V. Iori, T. S. Marinho, E. M. Hechenleitner, M. C. Langer. 2022. Reassessment of Aeolosaurus maximus, a titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Southeastern Brazil. Historical Biology 34(3):403-411 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. M. Santucci and A. C. d. Arruda-Campos. 2011. A new sauropod (Macronaria, Titanosauria) from the Adamantina Formation, Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogenetic relationships of Aeolosaurini. Zootaxa 3085:1-33 DOI ↗