Genus: Baurutitan KELNER,
CAMPOS & TROTTA, 2006
Etymology: The generic name is formed by Bauru,
in allustion to the Bauru Group and Greek, titan, from the giants of Greek
Myths.
Species: britoi KELLNER, CAMPOS & TROTTA, 2006
Etymology: In honor of Ignacio Aureliano Machado Brito (1938-2001), an important
Brazilian paleontologist, who advised several students including two authors
of this paper (DAC and AWAK).
= Serie C POWELL, 1987
= Titanosaurus sp BONAPARTE, 1979/POWELL, 1986
Holotype: MCT 1490-R
Locality: "Caieira" (Locality 120 of Bertini, 1993), an abandoned quarry from Sao Luis Farm, Veadinho Hill, situated about 2 km north of Peiropolis, Municipality of Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Horizon: Marilia Formation, Bauru Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Campanian Stage- Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Last sacral vertebrae articulated with the sequence of 18 caudal vertebrae, belonging to a single individual.
Referred material:
SILVA JUNIOR, MARTINELLI, MARINHO, da SILVA & LANGER, 2022
Locality: "Point 6" or "Rodovia" (BR-262 Locality), about 1.5 km east of Peiropolis (about 1.5 km southeast of Price's "Ponto1" locality), northern slope of BR-262 Highway, Municipality of Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Horizon: Marilia Formation, Bauru Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Campanian Stage- Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
CPPLIP-035, -039, -040, -049: Cervical vertebrae.
CPPLIP-014, -109: 2 partially preserved isolated cervical ribs.
CPPLIP-036, -037, -043, -103, -110, -111, -458: 7 complete dorsal vertebrae.
CPPLIP-043: Posterior neural spine.
CPPLIP-045, -046, -047, -061, -091, -093, -094, -095, -096, -102: 10 caudal vertebrae.
CPPLIP-055, -056, -098, -099, -112, -118: Anterior chevrons.
CPPLIP-057, -100: Posterior chevrons.
CPPLIP-038: Right scapula.
CPPLIP-120: Right coracoid.
CPPLIP-138: right sternal plate.
CPPLIP-008: Right humerus.
CPPLIP-007: proximal portion of left humerus.
CPPLIP--263: proximal portion of left humerus.
CPPLIP-010: Right metacarpali I.
CPPLIP-069: Right ischium.
CPPLIP-042: left ischium.
CPPLIP-011: Left metatarsals II.
CPPLIP-054: Left metatarsal III.