separating the unique paratype of Trigonosaurus as the new genus Caieiria. Etymology The name Baurutitan comes from the junction of the word "bauru", which alludes to the geographical region of the finding, within the Bauru Group, and the word "titan" of Greek myths. The specific name "britoi" is given in honor of Ignácio Aureliano Machado Brito, a Brazilian paleontologist who advised the study and description of this dinosaur, whose fossils have remained stored for many years. Description Baurutitan was a sauropod which was estimated to have measured long and had a height of around . The holotype specimen was found in the Marilia Formation, dating to the Maastrichtian epoch, some 72-66 million years ago. Baurutitan was the fourth sauropod described in Brazil, after Antarctosaurus, Gondwanatitan and Amazonsaurus. A 2017 cladistic analysis by José Carballido and colleagues places Baurutitan as a member of Lithostrotia. References External links Baurutitan on the Dinosaur Mailing List Titanosaurs Maastrichtian life Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Marília Formation Fossil taxa described in 2005 Taxa named by Alexander Kellner