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long-neck giant
Brasilotitan
Say it like this: “bruh-ZIL-o-TIE-tuhn”
Brasilotitan nemophagus
Brasilotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Machado, E. B.; Avilla, L. dos S.; Nava, W. R.; Campos, D. de A.; Kellner, A. W. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Brazil · Presidente Prudente
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Rinconsauria
The story in short
In 2013, E. B. Machado and colleagues published the name Brasilotitan. The name means “brazil giant.”
Fossils referred to Brasilotitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Presidente Prudente Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Brasilotitan at a length near 12 m.
On the family tree it sits in Rinconsauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Chadititan
Chadititan calvoi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Muyelensaurus
Muyelensaurus pecheni
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago
Rinconsaurus
Rinconsaurus caudamirus
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago