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Malawisaurus
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Skull elements, teeth, vertebrae, limb bones and osteoderms (armour) of several individuals have been found.
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- Pronounced
- mah-lah-wee-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Malawi lizard
- Length
- 9m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(121 - 112 million years ago) - Found in
- Malawi
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia, Malawisaurus
- Named by
- Haughton (1928)
- Type species
- dixeyi