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MALAWISAURUS
(ma-la-wee-sore-us)
meaning: "Malawi lizard"
Malawisaurus
Named By: L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, W. R. Downs & E. M. Gomani in 1993
Time Period: Aptian
Location: Africa, Malawi - Dinosaur Beds Formation
Size: Approximately 16 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens of partial remains, partial skull material is also known
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauria | Titanosauroidea | Lithostrotia |
Also known as: | Janenschia dixeyi | Tornieria dixeyi |
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Malawisaurus (meaning "Malawi lizard") was a genus of sauropod dinosaur (specifically a titanosaurian). It lived in what is now Africa, specifically Malawi, during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous Period. It is one of the few titanosaurs for which skull material has been found.

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