Karongasaurus
Field photograph to come
Karongasaurus
DV-0581 · type species Karongasaurus gittelmani
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Malawi
- Named by
- Gomani 2005
Field notes
About Karongasaurus
Karongasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Karongasaurus, from Malawi. Its fossils come from the Dinosaur Beds Formation. It was named by Gomani in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. M. Gomani. 2005. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):1-37