Uberabatitan

U-ber-ah-ty-tan.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Uberabatitan ‭(‬Uberaba titan‭)‬.

Phonetic

U-ber-ah-ty-tan.

Named By

Leoardo Salgado‭ & ‬Ismer de Souza Carvalho‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

U.‭ ‬ribeiroi‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mar�lia Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Limbs,‭ ‬pelvis and vertebrae.

In Depth

       Uberabatitan is a genus of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur that is known from the Marilla Formation of the bauru group of Brazil.‭ ‬Being Maastrichtian in age,‭ ‬Uberabatitan would have been one of the last titanosaurs to live before the KT extinction ended the reign of the dinosaurs.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Uberabatitan ribeiroi,‭ ‬a new titanosaur from the Mar�lia Formation‭ (‬Bauru Group,‭ ‬Upper Cretaceous‭)‬,‭ ‬Minas Gerais,‭ ‬Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology‭ ‬51‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬881‭–‬901.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Leoardo Salgado‭ & ‬Ismer de Souza Carvalho‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008. – Osteology and systematics of Uberabatitan ribeiroi (Dinosauria; Sauropoda): a Late Cretaceous titanosaur from Minas Gerais, Brazil. – Zootaxa. 4577 (3): 401–438. – J. C. G. Silva Jr., T. S. Marinho, A. G. Martinelli & M. C. Langer – 2019.

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