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 | |
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.