Uberabatitan

Uberaba titan

• Uberaba · Place name (Brazilian city) · Uberaba, the city in Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Titan · Greek · giant (one of the mythological Titans)

The name combines Uberaba, the Brazilian city near where the fossils were found, with the Greek "Titan", a giant of Greek myth. It means "Uberaba titan", a reference to both its place of discovery and its large size as a titanosaurian sauropod.

Named by

Salgado and Carvalho

Year named

2008

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Serra da Galga Member (Marília Formation), Bauru Group, near Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A valid genus of titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Uberabatitan ribeiroi. The exact age of the formation is somewhat debated, so the stage given is approximate.