Kholumolumo

DV-1105 · type species Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum

Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: Lesotho
Named by: Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2020

Field notes

About Kholumolumo

Kholumolumo was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Kholumolumo, from Lesotho. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain. 2020. Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum, gen. et sp. nov., a new early sauropodomorph from the lower Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic) of Maphutseng, Lesotho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(6):e1732996:1-32