New specimens of and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil.

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Laboratório de Paleontologia de Ribeirão Preto, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

Published: January 2023

The description of new titanosaur specimens unearthed from deposits of the Serra da Galga Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous) at the BR-262 site, near Peirópolis (Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil), sheds light on the taxonomy of two taxa previously known from the same area and geological unit: and . A comparative revision indicates that represents a junior synonym of , and that the BR-262 specimens belong to that latter species. The information provided by the new specimens also revealed that the paratype of (MCT 1719-R), a caudal vertebral series, actually represents a new taxon, named here as gen. et sp. nov.

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