A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli) Author Pereira, Paulo V L G C Author Bandeira, Kamila L N Author Vidal, Luciano S Author Ribeiro, Theo B Author Candeiro, Carlos R dos A Author Bergqvist, Lilian P text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2024 2024-05-13 202 4 1 21 https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae054 journal article 307998 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae054 25f5ce05-b7b3-4c03-b281-aa8b4bb165e7 0024-4082 14764381 49071C9-46D4-42D0-BE6E-6111110C0B09

Table 6. Size comparison between the anterior caudal vertebrae of Tiamat valdecii gen. et. sp. nov. and other titanosaur taxa. Abbreviations: MCL, measurement of the centrum length (anteroposterior length); %, per cent difference in MCL. All measurements are in centimetres’.

Taxon	Caudal used 1	MCL	%	Caudal used 2	MCL	%	Bibliography
Tiamat valdeci gen. et. sp. nov	UFRJ-DG-606-R	8,2		UFRJ-DG-638-R	7,5		This study
Chubutisaurus insignis	MACN 18222/13	14	171%	MACN 18222/07	12	160%	Carballido et al., 2011
Malarguesaurus florenciae*	IANIGLA PV-110/1	14,5	177%	IANIGLA-PV 110/3.	13,4	179%	González Riga et al., 2008
Andesaurus delgadoi	‘Cd2’	15,3	187%	‘Cd17’	12,5	167%	Mannion and Calvo 2011
Wintonotitan wattsi	QM F7292 ‘Caudal D’	13	159%	QM F10916, ‘Caudal C’	9,3	124%	Poropat et al., 2014
Savannasaurus elliottorum	AODF 660	12,7	155%	AODF 660	12	160%	Poropat et al., 2020
Mendozasaurus neguyelap	IANIGLA-PV 066/17 ‘Caudal XVII’	15,7	191%	IANIGLA-PV 066/1 ‘Caudal III’	15,5	207%	Gonzàlez Riga et al., 2017
Malawisaurus dixeyi	Mal-191	12,4	151%	Mal-197-8	9,9	132%	Gomani 2005
Rapetosaurus krausei (juvenile)	FMNH PR 2209, ‘Ca4’	6,3	77%	FMNH PR 2209, ‘Ca17’	3,3	44%	Rogers, 2009