Genus
Valid Extinct

Malawisaurus

Jacobs et al. 1993

Malawisaurus is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. It is known from the Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, which probably date to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. The type species is M. dixeyi and the specific name honours Frederick Augustus Dixey.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Malawisaurus
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Malawisaurus on Display at the Royal Ontario Museum © CaptMondo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Malawisaurus Genus
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇼 Malawi
8
Geological formations
Dinosaur Beds
8
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
8
Species (1)
Malawisaurus dixeyi 121 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (3)
E. M. Gomani. 2005. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):1-37
L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, and ZM Kaufulu, WR Downs. 1990. The Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, Africa. National Geographic Research 6(2):196-204
S. H. Haughton. 1928. On some reptilian remains from the Dinosaur Beds of Nyasaland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 16:67-75 DOI ↗