Project 4662: J. C. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, T. S. Marinho, J. I. da Silva, M. C. Langer. 2022. 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. PeerJ. 10:e14333.
Specimen: † Apatosaurus (unvouchered)
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Abstract

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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Article DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14333

Project DOI: 10.7934/P4662, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P4662
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  • Creation Date:
    02 May 2023
  • Publication Date:
    10 August 2023

    Authors' Institutions

    • Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

    • Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP, University of Sao Paulo)

    • Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

    • Fundação Cultural de Uberaba



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