Brasilotitan

Brazilian titan

• Brasilo- · Portuguese/Latinised · Brazil
• titan · Greek · giant (a Titan of Greek myth)

The name combines "Brasil" (Portuguese for Brazil, where the fossils were found) with "Titan", the giant gods of Greek myth. It was chosen to mark this large sauropod as a giant from Brazil. The only named species is Brasilotitan nemophagus.

Named by

Machado et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Bauru Group, São Paulo State, Brazil

A titanosaurian sauropod. The exact stage of the fossils is uncertain, so none is given here. The pronunciation is an approximate English rendering.