Arrudatitan
Name:
Arrudatitan
(Arruda's titan, alt. Arruda's giant).
Phonetic: Ar-ru-da-tie-tan.
Named By: Julian C. G. Silva Junior, Agust�n
G. Martinelli, Fabiano V. Iori,Thiago S. Marinho, E. Mart�n
Hechenleitner & Max C. Langer - 2021.
Synonyms: Aeolosaurus maximus..
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia, Aeolosaurini.
Species: A. maximus (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Femur 1.55 meters long. Total body size
roughly estimated around 15 meters long.
Known locations: Brazil - Adamantina Formation.
Time period: Campanian-Maastrichtian of the
Cretaceous
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Originally
described as a species of Aeolosaurus,
A. maximus was established
as its own genus, Arrudatitan, in 2021. Arrudatitan
was
established from partial remains including limbs, shoulder, hip and
various vertebrae. Aside from being distinct from Aeolosaurus,
Arrudatitan is noted for being fairly lightly built
when compared to
other titanosaur
genera as a whole.
Further reading
- A new sauropod (Macronaria, Titanosauria) from the Adamantina
Formation, Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and the
phylogenetic relationships of Aeolosaurini. - Zootaxa. 3085
(1): 1. - Rodrigo M. Santucci & Antonio C. De
Arruda-Campos - 2011.
-
Reassessment of Aeolosaurus maximus, a
titanosaur dinosaur from the
Late Cretaceous of Southeastern Brazil. - Historical Biology: An
International Journal of Paleobiology. - Julian C. G. Silva
Junior, Agust�n G. Martinelli, Fabiano V. Iori,Thiago S.
Marinho, E. Mart�n Hechenleitner & Max C. Langer -
2021.
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