Uberabatitan

"Uberaba titan"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Uberabatitan 26 m (85 ft) long
as long as 15 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
26 m (85 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (67 Mya)
Place
Brazil
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Uberabatitan reconstruction by LancianIdolatry
Reconstruction · LancianIdolatry (CC0)

Uberabatitan (meaning “Uberaba titan”, in reference to where it was found) 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 (thus older) levels.

What we know

  • Named by Salgado and Carvalho, 2008.
  • Body length estimated at about 26 m.
  • Fossils found in Brazil.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Uberabatitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.