[D] Baurutitan britoi [sG] [T]
Describer
Kellner, Campos & Trotta, 2005
Time
Cretaceous Late
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Bauru Basin, Bauru Group, Uberaba, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Titanosaurid caudal series (MCT 1490-R) consisting of the last sacral followed by a sequence of 18 caudal vertebrae
Baurutitan britoi is distinguished from other titanosaurians by several features, including subrectangular to square outline of the anterior articulation surface of the anterior and middle caudals, strongly pointed laterally directed process intercepting the spinoprezygapophyseal lamina in caudal 1; dorsal prezygapophyseal tuberosity on the lateral margin of the prezygapophyses of caudals 2-4, that smoothens out in midcaudals. This material demonstrates that the horizontal ridge present in middle and posterior caudals of some titanosaurs, in Baurutitan britoi is homologous with a dorsal tuberosity and not with the transverse process.
Kellner, Campos & Trotta, 2005
Time
Cretaceous Late
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Bauru Basin, Bauru Group, Uberaba, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Titanosaurid caudal series (MCT 1490-R) consisting of the last sacral followed by a sequence of 18 caudal vertebrae
Baurutitan britoi is distinguished from other titanosaurians by several features, including subrectangular to square outline of the anterior articulation surface of the anterior and middle caudals, strongly pointed laterally directed process intercepting the spinoprezygapophyseal lamina in caudal 1; dorsal prezygapophyseal tuberosity on the lateral margin of the prezygapophyses of caudals 2-4, that smoothens out in midcaudals. This material demonstrates that the horizontal ridge present in middle and posterior caudals of some titanosaurs, in Baurutitan britoi is homologous with a dorsal tuberosity and not with the transverse process.