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Baurutitan

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Baurutitan was named by Kellner et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Titanosauridae by Kellner et al. (2005); to Titanosauria by Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Lithostrotia by Filippi et al. (2019); to Eutitanosauria by Hechenleitner et al. (2020); to Aeolosaurini by Silva Junior et al. (2022); and to Saltasaurinae by Navarro et al. (2022).

Species

B. britoi (syn. Trigonosaurus pricei)

Synonyms

Trigonosaurus was named by Campos et al. (2005).

It was synonymized subjectively with Baurutitan by Silva Junior et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Titanosauridae by Campos et al. (2005); to Titanosauria by Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Saltasauridae by González Riga et al. (2016); to Aeolosaurini by Hechenleitner et al. (2020); to Lithostrotia by Cerda et al. (2021); and to Rinconsauria by Navarro et al. (2022).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2005	Trigonosaurus Campos et al. p. 567 figs. 2-39
2005	Baurutitan Kellner et al. p. 532
2011	Baurutitan Bittencourt and Langer p. 35
2011	Trigonosaurus Bittencourt and Langer p. 35
2016	Trigonosaurus González Riga et al.
2019	Baurutitan Filippi et al.
2020	Baurutitan Hechenleitner et al.
2020	Trigonosaurus Hechenleitner et al.
2021	Trigonosaurus Cerda et al.
2022	Baurutitan Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13
2022	Trigonosaurus Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13
2022	Baurutitan Silva Junior et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
—	Gravisauria
—	Eusauropoda
—	Neosauropoda
—	Macronaria
—	Titanosauriformes
—	Titanosauria
—	Lithostrotia
—	Aeolosaurini
genus	Baurutitan

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Baurutitan Kellner et al. 2005

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†Baurutitan britoi Kellner et al. 2005

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Invalid names: Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al. 2005 [synonym]

Invalid names: Trigonosaurus Campos et al. 2005 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteinfrao

Entire body:

yesinfrao

Adult length:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult width:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult height:

10 to < 100infrao

Thickness:

thickinfrao

Architecture:

compact or denseinfrao

Form:

sphericalinfrao

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partsinfrao

Grouping:

gregariousinfrao

Environment:

terrestrialinfrao

Locomotion:

actively mobileinfrao

Life habit:

ground dwellinginfrao

Diet:

herbivoreinfrao

Reproduction:

oviparousinfrao

Dispersal:

direct/internalinfrao

Dispersal 2:

mobileinfrao

Created:

2004-12-14 12:49:10

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:49:10

Source: infrao = infraorder

Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Brazil (Minas Gerais)	Titanosauridae indet., Titanosaurus sp. (51628)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Brazil (Minas Gerais)	B. britoi (51960) Trigonosaurus pricei (64133)