Named By: | Elizabeth M Gomani in 2005 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous |
Location: | Malawi - Dinosaur Beds Formation |
Size: | Unknown due to incomplete remains |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial mandible (lower jaw) and teeth |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauria | |
Karongasaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod. Its fossils, consisting solely of part of a lower mandible and a few teeth, were found in Malawi. The type species, Karongasaurus gittelmani, was described by Elizabeth Gomani in 2005.
Karongasaurus is the first dinosaur discovery published solely online.