Outline: a typical sauropod
Karongasaurus
"Karonga lizard"
Type species Karongasaurus gittelmani
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Malawi
- Named by
- Gomani 2005
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
115 million years ago
Field notes
About Karongasaurus
What it was like
Karongasaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, known from a lower jaw with teeth.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Malawi. Its bones come from the Dinosaur Beds, where it shared the land with the titanosaur Malawisaurus.
How it was found
Gomani named Karongasaurus in 2005. Two finds are known.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: E. M. Gomani. 2005. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):1-37