Brasilotitan Brasilotitan

"Brazil giant"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Brasilotitan 12 m (39 ft) long
7 people holding hands
Length
12 m (39 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72–70 Mya)
Place
Brazil
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Brasilotitan (meaning “Brazil giant”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) 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.

What we know

  • Named by Machado et al., 2013.
  • Body length estimated at about 12 m.
  • Fossils found in Brazil.