Malawisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0358Dinosaur Beds Fm., Malawi

Malawisaurus

DV-0358

Lived
121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 9 m (30 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Malawi
Named by
Jacobs et al. 1993

Field notes

About Malawisaurus

Malawisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Malawisaurus, from Malawi. Its fossils come from the Dinosaur Beds Formation. It was named by Jacobs et al. in 1993.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

6 finds

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Malawisaurus?

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Malawisaurus: about 9 m (30 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Lithostrotia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, and W. R. Downs, E. M. Gomani. 1993. New material of an Early Cretaceous titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur from Malawi. Palaeontology 36(3):523-534