Petrobrasaurus Filippi et al. 2011 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: L. S. Filippi, J. I. Canudo, J. L. Salgado, A. Garrido, R. García, I. Cerda, and A. Otero. 2011. A new sauropod titanosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina). Geologica Acta 9(1):1-12

Parent taxon: Titanosauria according to L. S. Filippi 2015

See also Coria et al. 2013, Filippi et al. 2011 and Páramo et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Abdarainurus, Aegyptosaurus, Andesauridae, Andesauroidea, Andesaurus, Argyrosaurinae, Argyrosaurus, Baalsaurus, Balochisauridae, Baotianmansaurus, Barrosasaurus, Borealosaurus, Choconsaurus, Colossosauria, Dgkhansaurus, Dongyangosaurus, Dzharatitanis, Eutitanosauria, Gandititan, Hamititan, Karongasaurus, Laplatasaurus, Lithostrotia, Malakhelisaurus, Malarguesaurus, Mnyamawamtuka, Mongolosaurus, Narambuenatitan, Ninjatitan, Pashtosaurus, Poripuchia, Pseudomegaloolithus, Rukwatitan, Teratopodus, Titanopodus, Titanosauridae, Titanosaurus, Titanosaurus indicus

Subtaxa: Petrobrasaurus puestohernandezi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Puesto Hernández locality, PH 1597 [MAU] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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