Carlos Roberto A. Candeiro

Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) Osteoderms from the Maastrichtian of Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Abstract Titanosaur remains are common findings at the paleontological site of Peiropolis in Uberaba. Among those remains, two osteoderms referred to titanosaur sauropods were reported. Both dermal bones share many features, such as the coarse texture, parallel ventral grooves, lack of the cingulum and presence of a ventral ridge (crest). Armored titanosaurs had wide distribution in the Upper Cretaceous, and have been reported from Argentina, Brazil, France, Madagascar, Malawi, Romania and Spain. In the present work we describe and compare the Brazilian titanosaur osteoderms found thus far.