Baurutitan

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iBaurutitan
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
(unranked) Titanosauria
Genus: Baurutitan
Binomial name
Baurutitan britoi
Kellner et al, 2005

Baurutitan was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that appeared in the Late Cretaceous Period. This plant eater (herbivore) grew up to 79 feet long. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now present-day Brazil.

The type species, Baurutitan britoi, was described in 2005 by Kellner, Campos, and Trotta and is based on distinctive caudal vertebrae. This South American dinosaur was found in Uberaba, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

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