Malawisaurus

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iMalawisaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Titanosauridae
Genus: Malawisaurus
Species: M. dixeyi
Binomial name
Malawisaurus dixeyi
Jacobs et al, 1993

Malawisaurus (meaning "Malawi lizard") was a sauropod (specifically a titanosaurid). It lived in what is now Africa, during the Early Cretaceous Period, the same time and place as its relatives Brachiosaurus and Gondwanatitan. It is one of the few titanosaurs for which skull material has been found.

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