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long-neck giant
Uberabatitan
Say it like this: “yoo-buh-rab-uh-tie-tuhn”
Uberabatitan ribeiroi
Uberabatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · Salgado, L.; de Souza Carvalho, I.
- Hip height
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 26 m · 85 ft
- Weight
- 20 tonnes
- Found in
- Brazil · Serra da Galga
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Rinconsauria
The story in short
The genus Uberabatitan dates to 2008, the year L. Salgado and I. de Souza Carvalho described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Uberabatitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Serra da Galga Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Uberabatitan at a length near 26 m, hips about 4 m high, and a body mass around 20 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Rinconsauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Brasilotitan
Brasilotitan nemophagus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
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