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Bravasaurus is an extinct genus of titanosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous.

History[]

Punatitan

Punatitan (c) and Bravasaurus (d).

Bravasaurus comes from the Laguna Brava Provincial Park, and the species name arrierosorum to the civilians who crossed the Andes transporting cattle in the 19th century.

Description[]

Bravasaurus is known from several specimens. One, consisting of the right quadrate and quadratojugal, many vertebrae, haemal arches, a humerus, parts of the feet, left ilium, the right pubis, partial ischium, femur and fibulae. The second consists of a tooth, an ilium, femur, and some ribs. The genus itself is differentiated by countless autapomorphies.

References[]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01338-w

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