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New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil

2022; PeerJ, Inc.; Volume: 10; Linguagem: Inglês

10.7717/peerj.14333

ISSN

2167-8359

Autores

Julian Cristian Gonçalves da Silva, Agustín G. Martinelli, Thiago da Silva Marinho, João Ismael da Silva, Max C. Langer,

Tópico(s)

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Resumo

The description of new titanosaur specimens unearthed from deposits of the Serra da Galga Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous) at the BR-262 site, near Peirópolis (Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil), sheds light on the taxonomy of two taxa previously known from the same area and geological unit: Baurutitan britoi and Trigonosaurus pricei . A comparative revision indicates that T. pricei represents a junior synonym of Ba. britoi , and that the BR-262 specimens belong to that latter species. The information provided by the new specimens also revealed that the paratype of T. pricei (MCT 1719-R), a caudal vertebral series, actually represents a new taxon, named here as Caieiria allocaudata gen. et sp. nov.

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