Karongasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0581Dinosaur Beds Fm., Malawi

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

2 finds

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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