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long-neck giant
Karongasaurus
Karongasaurus gittelmani
Karongasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Malawi.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Gomani, E. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9.5 m · 31 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Malawi
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lithostrotia
The story in short
In 2005, E. M. Gomani published the name Karongasaurus. The name means “karonga lizard.”
Fossils referred to Karongasaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Malawi. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Karongasaurus at a length near 9.5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Lithostrotia, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atacamatitan
Atacamatitan chilensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian) · roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago
Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Elaltitan
Elaltitan lilloi
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago