Genus: Gondwanatitan KELLNER & AZEVENDO, 1999
Etymology: The generic name is formed by “Gondwana ”, the continental
mass that once united all southern continents (and India), and “Titan”,
which relates to a group of Greek divinities.
= Nova KELLNER & AZEVENDO, 1998
Species: faustoi KELLNER & AZEVENDO,
1999
Etymology: In honor of Dr. Fausto L. de Souza Cuhna, former curator at the
Museu Nacional/UFRJ, who collected and recognized the importance of this specimen.
= Aeolosaurus faustoi (KELLNER & AZEVENDO, 1999) SANTUCCI & BERTINI,
2001
Holotype: Museu Nacional, MN 4111-V
Locality: “Sitio Myzobushi” near the city of Alvarez Machado, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
Horizon: Adamantina Formation, Bauru Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Campanian Stage- Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: 42 vertebrae, dorsals, sacrals and caudals, some articulated, humeri,
1 incomplete scapula, tibia, several ribs, ilium, incomplete ischia, and unidentified
elements.