Postcranial osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the Early Cretaceous titanosaur Tapuiasaurus macedoi Zaher et al. 2011

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Superior-Brasil (CAPES)-Finance Code 001, and by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-Brasil (CNPq), grant # 130.280/2018-6, in which, without this foment, its realization would not be possible. Firstly, I am deeply grateful to Hussam Zaher, due not only for having agreed to advise me but also for him being a great friend. Your help and encouragement I will carry for the rest of my life. Thank you HZ for all the opportunities, for trust in my work and for broadening my horizons. I would also like to thank Jeffrey Wilson (University of Michigan) for gift me with his vast experience in the sauropod anatomy. It was a great pleasure to work together. Thanks a lot JAW, for the valuable lessons. I hope that we can extend this partnership, which I am sure will yield great results. I could not fail to thank you immensely Alberto Barbosa de Carvalho, for all support, friendship and companionship since I joined in the MZ-USP. My career would be nothing if it were not for your teachings and your values. I also could not forget to thank for all the good moments of friendship and experience exchange with my colleagues