Genus
Valid Extinct

Uberabatitan

Salgado and Carvalho 2008

Uberabatitan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is known from bones including neck, back, and tail vertebrae, pelvic bones, and limb bones. These fossils were found in the uppermost portion of the Maastrichtian-age Serra da Galga Formation of the Bauru Group, in Uberaba, Minas Gerais. The type species, described by Salgado and Carvalho in 2008, is U. ribeiroi. To date, it is the most recent titanosaur from Bauru Group rocks; other titanosaurs from the Bauru Group, including Baurutitan and Trigonosaurus, come from lower levels.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Uberabatitan
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Uberabatitan ribeiroi (série - A, CPP-UrHo), mid-caudal vertebrae (according to Salgado and Carvalho, 2008). A-C (CPP-1020-UrB) in left lateral (A), dorsal (B) and dorsolateral (C) views. D-F (CPP-1018-UrB) in left lateral (D), posterior (E) and dorsal (F) views. G-J (CPP-1019-Ub) in left lateral (G), anterior (H), posterior (I) and dorsal (J) views. K-N (CPP-1017-UrHo) in left lateral (K), anterior (L), posterior (M) and dorsal (N) views. Scale bars: A-J 20 cm, K-N 10 cm. © 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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Uberabatitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Serra da Galga
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Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Uberabatitan ribeiroi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. Salgado and I. S. Carvalho. 2008. Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Palaeontology 51(4):881-901 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. Salgado and I. S. Carvalho. 2008. Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Palaeontology 51(4):881-901 DOI ↗